Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:53:33 -0500 From: slave-mike <slave-mike@rv1.dynip.com> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extracting individual Files via tar Message-ID: <3FAB173D.1090803@rv1.dynip.com> In-Reply-To: <200311062200.hA6M0uLH074820@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200311062200.hA6M0uLH074820@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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you must use the f flag when manipulation files. no f flag equals attempt to access tape drive. Martin McCormick wrote: > The command > > tar ztf /usr/local/src/ports.tar.gz > > produces a table of contents just like the man page says it should. > The man page also says that individual files can be recovered or > listed but I haven't gotten that to work at all. if I try: > > $ tar zt ports/print/pstotext/ /usr/local/src/ports.tar.gz > > tar (child): /dev/sa0: Cannot open: Permission denied > tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file > tar: Child returned status 2 > tar: ports/print/pstotext: Not found in archive > tar: /usr/local/src/ports.tar.gz: Not found in archive > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > In the successful test, tar obviously knew which specification > was the archive and was able to uncompress it with the z flag. The > file specification I am attempting to recover from the archive throws > tar completely off. I looked in the handbook and all the examples I > found were the more usual procedure of unpacking whole file systems > as in > > tar zxf somedir/archive.tar.gz > > I'm not having trouble with that use of tar. > > Thank you. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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