can't you do like
rm -rf the directory that is going to be used,
mv the tarball to the directory
tar -(j/z)xvf (file name)
rm the tarball // not necessary

i think that's about it..


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Ramesh Dash <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>    i need for bash shell script for this..
>
> Regds
> Ramesh
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mohammad AbuShady 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> you didn't specify if you want it a linux bash script or a windows batch
>> file
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Ramesh Dash <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> i need  to write a customized restore script to restore the disk files
>>> from a tarball.
>>>
>>> The script should be like this:
>>>
>>> It should take two *arguments*; (1) the location of the tarball, and (2)
>>> the location where to restore the tarball.
>>>
>>> The *behavior of the script *should be like: it must *restore all the
>>> files/directories that are in the tarball* and it should *delete all the
>>> other files/directories on the disk which are not *in the tarball.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regds
>>> Ramesh
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