hi matt, are you sure? p@satan% file test.tar test.tar: GNU tar archive
p@satan% tar --delete --file test.tar b tar: b: Not found in archive tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors p@satan% file test.tar test.tar: data not only doesn't it remove b from my tar file, it seems to destroy the tar file! ick! pete begin Matt Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think what you need is tar --delete --file test.tar b > > (i.e. put the list of files to delete at the end of the command line) > > > Matt > > On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:45:58AM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > how do you delete a file from an archive? i did: > > > > mkdir test > > cd test > > echo "hello" > a > > echo "hello" > b > > cd .. > > tar cv test > test.tar > > > > then: > > > > tar --delete b --file test.tar > > tar --delete test/b --file test.tar > > > > both time i get > > > > tar: b: Not found in archive > > > > > > how do i delete a file from a tar archive? without doing something dumb > > like untarring, deleting and retarring. > > > > pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
