Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:42:12 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: .sh & tar Message-ID: <20100603134212.f1b9b1c0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4C070621.5060109@comclark.com> References: <4C070621.5060109@comclark.com>
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On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800, Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com> wrote: > When I exec tar from within a .sh shell script I get this message > tar: Removing leading '/' from member names > I have tar outputting to > /dev/null and still get this message. > With -v or without makes no difference. > > How can I stop this Depends on WHAT you want to stop - the illness or just its symptoms. :-) If it's just about symptoms, redirect the error messages into nirvana. tar [opts] [file] 1>/dev/null 2>&1 If you want to remove the REASON for "tar: Removing leading '/' from member names", you need to re-create the archives and start archiving from a relative point (instead of from an absolute one), e. g. # cd / # tar cvf etc.tar etc/ (lazy man's method) instead of # tar cvf etc.tar /etc/ The extraction of the archive will usually start in the current directory, so # cd /usr/local/bin # tar xvf etc.tar won't give you an etc/ subtree in /usr/local/bin directory. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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