Re: cannot open tar file.

From: Jean-Pierre Radley (jpr_at_jpr.com)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: 28 Feb 2004 17:15:03 -0500

ron typed (on Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 11:10:20AM -0800):
| Thanks for the support. To Tony, Jean-Pierre,and D.Thomas Podnar Since
| I am new at this I have to reafirm some of the info so I don't miss
| what I am trying to do. This tarball was created not by me. the
| instructions that were left on how the tarball was created was tar
| -cvfhn /usr.tarball /dal ( cd to /usr directory has the most free
| space). The tarball is of directory /dal. /dal has two directories /w0
| and /w1. Each opening to various directories and files. the tarball
| was then ftp'd to a networked computer with a cd burner. the tarball
| is a file of 54 meg. I'am new at both linux and SCO 2.1.3. We compile
| info from the dal directories than transfer to a INTEL 320 box. I'm
| trying to learn and have found myself in the middle.(smile). I copied
| the tarball to the REDHAT 6.0 box and again was able to look at all
| the directories and files just to see if I could open the tarball.
| When I use the command tar xvf tarball /dal on the redhat box It will
| create the directory dal than wo,w1.( this is not from tape )
| FOR ALL This what I have again done on the SCO Unixware 2.1.3 box
|
| pax -v -f tarball
| pax -r -v -f tarball
| tar xvf tarball
| tar xvf tarball /dal
| UX:tar: INFO: 1 file not extracted
| tar tvf tarball
| tar tvfn tarball
| UX:tar: INFO: 1 buffer size = 10k
| ls -l tarball
| -rwxrwxrwx 1 root sys 54251520 Feb 27 10:32 tarball
|
| these are lines and responses to the tar, ls and pax commands. I call
| a error when I get the :INFO: . I call a no error message when it just
| does a line return without doing what it would seem do nothing. In
| another xterm I would do a
| ps -ae to see if it was doing anything in background. NOTHING.
|
| I am trying to give as much info as possible. Can anyone suggest a
| good command to go back to SCO box one and create a new tarfile. there
| is a 1/4 tape on the Intel 320 I can make tape backup's then TRY to
| restore to the SCO #2 box. I'm open to anything at this point. But
| still puzzled how I could open on the Redhat box and not on the SCO #2
| box. (smile). And will continue to try anything to get this to work on
| this box.
|
| Someone wrote: I had also asked you to tell us what the 'file" command
| on OSR5 said about the tarball. I'm again sorry I don't know how I
| missed that but I don't know to check "file" command on OSR5. Please
| be patience (smile) but I believe OSR5 is OS. I'm using UnixWare 2.1.3
| and could not find any reference to OSR5. Sorry again if I missed
| something.

There is a command called "file", you need to run it, it's rather
simple:
        file tarball 

-- 
JP

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