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[haranath.ogirala]

Hi,

I am getting the error while generating tar using the command

tar cvf - -C /d01 Oracle | gzip -1 > ./d01_oracle_db.tar.gz

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
Also the is file in /backup by name –C.

Please suggest, what is the wrong with the command

Thanks
Haranath

[kamil]

Hi there, thanks for the interesting question. Could you clarify exactly what you are trying to do? I infer from the command that you want to tar gzip Oracle directory (or file?) that is located in /d01 directory? I have tried the command you have supplied and it worked!

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kamil@m1730:/tmp/tar$ tar cvf - -C /d01 Oracle | gzip -1 > ./d01_oracle_db.tar.gz
Oracle/
Oracle/test


Another way of achieving the same thing is

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cd /d01; kamil@m1730:/tmp/tar/d01$ tar czvf /some_path/d01_oracle_db.tar.gz Oracle
Oracle/
Oracle/test


Can you also be a bit more specific as to what version of tar and OS u are using?

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kamil@m1730:/tmp/tar$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.19
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

kamil@m1730:/tmp/tar$ uname -a
Linux m1730 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux