just a small guide rm -rf the directory that is going to be used, mv the tarball to the directory tar -(j/z)xvf (file name) // depends on if its tar.gz or tar.bz2 rm the tarball // not necessary
i think that's about it.. On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:07 PM, KwikOne <[email protected]> wrote: > First off I would like to say that this group is NOT TO DO IT FOR > YOU!! > Next, if someone already has such a script they could (hopefully) post > it for you. > Lastly, we can give advice as to what YOU should do. For example: > Given your basics... > 1: Delete all files/directories in the destination for the tarball > 2: extract all files/directories from the tarball to the destination. > > How you do it, is up to you. We can only give advice. > > On Oct 19, 9:42 am, Ramesh Dash <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > 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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Computer Tech Support" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
