* Tar Extract from Tape
@ 2002-10-01 16:33 Paul Kraus
2002-10-01 16:45 ` Mike Dresser
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From: Paul Kraus @ 2002-10-01 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw
To: linux-newbie
I am trying to extract the file P723.ind. Now this is on a Sco Box so I
am crossing my fingers that the syntax is similar to Linux. Here is the
sniped results for tar tvf /dev/rStp0.
rw-r--r-- 0/0 614400 Aug 08 16:39 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
Ankle/P722.indd
rw-r--r-- 0/0 712704 Aug 08 16:36 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
Ankle/P723.indd
rw-r--r-- 0/0 794624 Aug 06 16:38 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
Ankle/P724.indd
rw-r--r-- 0/0 856064 Aug 12 11:29 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
Ankle/P725.indd
I have tried the following with the file never being found.
Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/*
Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/P723.indd
Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/*
Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P723.indd"
Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/*"
I am thinking that tar is having a hard time with "&" which is why I
tried Cat/*.
Any insights would be good. I have searched google for anything relating
to special characters and tar as well as long file names. I have read
the man pages for tar and the info page and can not seem to find out
where my mistake is.
Paul Kraus
Network Administrator
PEL Supply Company
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* Re: Tar Extract from Tape
2002-10-01 16:33 Tar Extract from Tape Paul Kraus
@ 2002-10-01 16:45 ` Mike Dresser
2002-10-01 17:00 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-10-01 19:53 ` James Mohr
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mike Dresser @ 2002-10-01 16:45 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Paul Kraus; +Cc: linux-newbie
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Paul Kraus wrote:
> I am trying to extract the file P723.ind. Now this is on a Sco Box so I
> am crossing my fingers that the syntax is similar to Linux. Here is the
> sniped results for tar tvf /dev/rStp0.
>
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 614400 Aug 08 16:39 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P722.indd
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 712704 Aug 08 16:36 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P723.indd
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 794624 Aug 06 16:38 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P724.indd
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 856064 Aug 12 11:29 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P725.indd
>
tar xvf /dev/rStp0 PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ \&\ Ankle/P723.indd
Your tar might be stripping off the ./ part, or need it stripped off.
Also, escape the & character.
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* Re: Tar Extract from Tape
2002-10-01 16:33 Tar Extract from Tape Paul Kraus
2002-10-01 16:45 ` Mike Dresser
@ 2002-10-01 17:00 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-10-01 19:53 ` James Mohr
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ray Olszewski @ 2002-10-01 17:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Paul Kraus, linux-newbie
I'm a bit fuzzy on this one too, Paul. But I notice that you did not try
this variant:
Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ \&\ Ankle/*
I don't know that escaping the & character will work, but it is the obvious
thing to try (since bash at least will normally interpret it as the
"detach" command).
If not ... does whatever shell you use on the SCO system support tab
completion? If it does, try entering
cd ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee
then tab completing, to see how SCO's shell wants you to represent this
directory name.
And does SCO really use "Tar" rather than "tar"?
At 12:33 PM 10/1/02 -0400, Paul Kraus wrote:
>I am trying to extract the file P723.ind. Now this is on a Sco Box so I
>am crossing my fingers that the syntax is similar to Linux. Here is the
>sniped results for tar tvf /dev/rStp0.
>
>rw-r--r-- 0/0 614400 Aug 08 16:39 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
>Ankle/P722.indd
>rw-r--r-- 0/0 712704 Aug 08 16:36 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
>Ankle/P723.indd
>rw-r--r-- 0/0 794624 Aug 06 16:38 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
>Ankle/P724.indd
>rw-r--r-- 0/0 856064 Aug 12 11:29 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
>Ankle/P725.indd
>
>I have tried the following with the file never being found.
>
>Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/*
>Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/P723.indd
>Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/*
>Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P723.indd"
>Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/*"
>
>I am thinking that tar is having a hard time with "&" which is why I
>tried Cat/*.
>
>Any insights would be good. I have searched google for anything relating
>to special characters and tar as well as long file names. I have read
>the man pages for tar and the info page and can not seem to find out
>where my mistake is.
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* Re: Tar Extract from Tape
2002-10-01 16:33 Tar Extract from Tape Paul Kraus
2002-10-01 16:45 ` Mike Dresser
2002-10-01 17:00 ` Ray Olszewski
@ 2002-10-01 19:53 ` James Mohr
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: James Mohr @ 2002-10-01 19:53 UTC (permalink / raw
To: linux-newbie
The problem I see with both the amerpsand and the asterisks is that the shell
expands them before passing them to tar. Using a single quote should
protected them. If you want the entire ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/ directory, try:
tar xvf /dev/rStp0 'PM65/Orthotic Cat/'
This *should* pass the whole phrase as a unit to tar. Anytime you specific a
directory the should be no need to use the asterisk.
Regards,
jimmo
On Tuesday 01 October 2002 18:33, Paul Kraus wrote:
> I am trying to extract the file P723.ind. Now this is on a Sco Box so I
> am crossing my fingers that the syntax is similar to Linux. Here is the
> sniped results for tar tvf /dev/rStp0.
>
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 614400 Aug 08 16:39 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P722.indd
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 712704 Aug 08 16:36 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P723.indd
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 794624 Aug 06 16:38 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P724.indd
> rw-r--r-- 0/0 856064 Aug 12 11:29 2002 ./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee &
> Ankle/P725.indd
>
> I have tried the following with the file never being found.
>
> Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/*
> Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/Knee\ &\ Ankle/P723.indd
> Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 ./PM65/Orthotic\ Cat/*
> Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/P723.indd"
> Tar xvf /dev/rStp0 "./PM65/Orthotic Cat/Knee & Ankle/*"
>
> I am thinking that tar is having a hard time with "&" which is why I
> tried Cat/*.
>
> Any insights would be good. I have searched google for anything relating
> to special characters and tar as well as long file names. I have read
> the man pages for tar and the info page and can not seem to find out
> where my mistake is.
>
> Paul Kraus
> Network Administrator
> PEL Supply Company
> 216.267.5775 Voice
> 216-267-6176 Fax
> www.pelsupply.com
>
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