the return code of tar command

[Chen Yingjie]

Could someone advise me
the return code of tar command?

Thanks

[Michael Tully]

Hi,

What exact message are you receiving. 'tar' issues it's own error messages. This is explained in the man page.

Regards
Michael

[Christian Gebhardt]

Hi

exit(0)
no error & no warning.

exit(1)
Tar: cannot create temporary file (%s)
Invalid blocksize. (Max %d)
tar: blocksize %d too big, can't get memory
tar:Invalid or non-existent device file %s
Can only create standard output archives
tar: cannot open %s
tar: option not supported for this device %s
tar: cannot write to %s: write protected
tar: usage tar [-]{txruc}[eONvVwAfblhm{op}][0-7[lmh]] ......
Attempt to create archive of no files. Nothing dumped.
tar: cannot preserve extent attributes for %s. aborting...
Tar: cannot create temporary file (%s)
Invalid blocksize. (Max %d)
tar: blocksize %d too big, can't get memory
tar:Invalid or non-existent device file %s
Can only create standard output archives

exit(2)
directory checksum error
tar: %s: HELP - extract write error
tar: Cannot close %s
Tar: tape write error

exit(3)
Tar: tape read error
Tar: tape blocksize error
Tar: blocksize = 0; broken pipe?
Tar: error! blocksize changed

exit(4)
Tar: tape backspace error
Tar: ioctl to write filemarks failed (%d). aborting...
Tar: ioctl to determine device online failed. aborting...

exit(5)
tar: Cannot change directory to '%s'
tar: Path '%s' skipped
tar: cannot open %s
Missing links to %s
tar: %s: cannot access file
tar: Out of memory. Cannot detect symbolic link loops
tar: Loop of symbolic links detected, tar terminated
tar: cannot stat %s. Not dumped.
tar: Size of %s > %s. Not dumped.
tar: %s: directory read error
tar: %s: directory read error
tar: %s: symbolic link too long
tar: can't read symbolic link
tar: %s: cannot open file
tar: %s: link to name too long
Out of memory. Link information lost
%s: file changed size
tar: %s is not a file. Not dumped
tar: %s: symbolic link failed
%s: cannot link
tar: %s couldn't create character device
tar: %s couldn't create block device
tar: %s couldn't create fifo
tar: %s couldn't create directory
tar: %s couldn't create directory
tar: %s - cannot create
tar: chmod failed
tar: chown failed
tar: couldn't get uname for uid %d
tar: couldn't get gname for gid %d
tar: pwd failed
tar: %s: pathname too long
tar: %s: prefix too long
tar: %s: file name too long
%s: file name too long

Chris

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
I think, that there might be a different idea.
You create a tar-file with tar cvf target source.

tar -cvf my_project.TAR my_project

If you want the files in the tar archive shown do this :

tar -tvf my_project.TAR

If you want to extract the files do this :

tar -xvf my_project.TAR

But be careful, that you work in the right directory.

;-)

Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
I think, that there might be a different idea.
You create a tar-file with tar cvf target source.

tar -cvf my_project.TAR my_project

If you want the files in the tar archive shown do this :

tar -tvf my_project.TAR

If you want to extract the files do this :

tar -xvf my_project.TAR

But be careful, that you work in the right directory.

;-)

Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
I think, that there might be a different idea.
You create a tar-file with tar cvf target source.

tar -cvf my_project.TAR my_project

If you want the files in the tar archive shown do this :

tar -tvf my_project.TAR

If you want to extract the files do this :

tar -xvf my_project.TAR

But be careful, that you work in the right directory.

;-)

Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Chen Yingjie]

Thanks for your reply.

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Hi there.
I think, that there might be a different idea.
You create a tar-file with tar cvf target source.

tar -cvf my_project.TAR my_project

If you want the files in the tar archive shown do this :

tar -tvf my_project.TAR

If you want to extract the files do this :

tar -xvf my_project.TAR

But be careful, that you work in the right directory.

;-)

Rgds
Alexander M. Ermes

[Alexander M. Ermes]

Sorry for three times the same answer.
Reply was HTTP 404 page not found so i did it again.
Rgds
Alexander M. Erms

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

if the tar retuns 0 then command is successfully executed, other than 0 command failed.