Re: .sh tar
On 3 June 2010 11:11, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: On Jun 03 2010 10:03, ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2010 07:42, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800, Aiza aiz...@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 21 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. tar -cvf - ./ -C / /dev/null ? I can't help wondering why the 'v' option is being specified, unless /dev/null needs more playing time. Reflex, but you're right, it shouldn't be in there. -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: .sh tar
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 12:27:09 -0400, ill...@gmail.com ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2010 11:11, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: On Jun 03 2010 10:03, ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2010 07:42, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: 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 21 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. tar -cvf - ./ -C / /dev/null ? I can't help wondering why the 'v' option is being specified, unless /dev/null needs more playing time. Reflex, but you're right, it shouldn't be in there. Your tenmelonhundredgigahertz plentycore machines have to process useless amounts of data to be discarded, or they wouldn't be worth their price. :-) Seriously, pure reflex. No -v needed here as you are not interested in monitoring the process. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: .sh tar
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800, Aiza aiz...@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 21 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, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: .sh tar
On 3 June 2010 07:42, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800, Aiza aiz...@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 21 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. tar -cvf - ./ -C / /dev/null ? -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: .sh tar
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:03:04 -0400, ill...@gmail.com ill...@gmail.com wrote: tar -cvf - ./ -C / /dev/null ? Yes, of course! But I said lazy man's method, and lazy does only include x, c, v and f options, and -C is substituted by a cd command. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: .sh tar
On Jun 03 2010 10:03, ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 June 2010 07:42, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800, Aiza aiz...@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 21 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. tar -cvf - ./ -C / /dev/null ? I can't help wondering why the 'v' option is being specified, unless /dev/null needs more playing time. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
.sh tar
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: .sh tar
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800 Aiza aiz...@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 How about tar ... 1/dev/null 21 ? -- Anh Ky Huynh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
