Questions tagged [tar]
An archive file format (and the program that reads it) commonly used on Unix and Linux.
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tar on Windows does not handle paths with special characters
On a Windows 10 command line, creating a tar archive with "special" characters (e.g. extended latin) in the path of the archive itself results in errors.
To be slightly more exact, a quick ...
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Create a archive split into blocks of a maximum size using Windows shell
As example. I want to compress a directory of 100GB split into 10 archives of 10GB using cmd or powershell, non-interactive without installing additional tools. Using tar would be awesome but ...
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Windows tar command: exclude folder in current folder but not subfolders
I am trying to archive some folders with the tar command in Windows, and I would like to exclude a directory in the current folder, but not in subfolders.
The example below is using the technique ...
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tar give exception when preserve permission/specials files across filesystems
I am using the following tar command and tar flags in order to preserve hard and symbolic link & permissions on RHEL 8.6 version
but we get the exceptions about tar: '--same-order' cannot be used ...
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The files after extracting a tar
I recently start to use tar to backup my files on macOS.
I usually use:
tar cvf archive.tar foo bar
and i also run this to check:
tar tvf archive.tar
It would show the following and it seems okay:
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Find strange TAR archive format
I have some file that can be extracted with tar:
tar -tvf attachment.tar
But when I test it with file I have this result:
attachment.tar: uuencoded or xxencoded text, ASCII text, with CRLF line ...
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Is there anyway to make `tar -xf file.tar output_folder` command faster for an uncompressed file?
I'm working with a Linux system and frequently use the tar command to extract large .tar files.
I'm running tar -xf file.tar output_folder to extract a .tar file into a specific output folder.
I've ...
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Shell command to tar directory excluding certain folders
In Bash 4, I want make a tar.gz with excluded folders, and while tons of answers about this simple case exist, nothing works in my case.
I would like to keep the directory mentioned in exclude, ...
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restoring symlinks for transferred cygwin system
I backed up a portable cygwin installation the old way: in a simple tarball with tar -cvf cygwin; then I tried to restore it on a portable hard drive the old way: with a simple tar -xvf cygwin. The ...
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crontab tar archive on macOS not recursive
I have a script to archive a directory on macOS:
#!/bin/sh
BACKUPNAME=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d@%H:%M:%S")
BACKUPNAME="local-vaults-$BACKUPNAME.tar.gz"
tar czfh "/Users/henrik/...
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Verify data integrity of tar outputting through ssh
I am creating a backup script which uses tar, encrypts it with gpg and then sends the output through ssh to an offsite host. I am now wondering weather and how I can verify that all of the data is ...
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Are .tar.gz files made in Linux with identical files identical to .tar.gz files made in Windows?
I've produced a .tar.gz file in Windows that contains some files to update firmware via a Linux Device. The update failed to take, and a Coworker mentioned the problem was because the .tar.gz did not ...
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When tar the same two packages,its md5 are not same
There are two packages with a file in it.
[root@build-production test]# ll
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 19 9月 18 07:58 pack1
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 19 9月 18 07:58 pack2
[root@build-production test]# ll ...
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How do I install libraries if I don't have the config file
How do I install the libraries if I don't have the config file, and in addition to not having the configure file, they come with an extension. I have followed the instructions, I have placed the ...
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What are these pax tarball characteristics and comments?
I created a pax archive with GNU tar 1.34 under Debian 11 and, upon viewing the tarball in 7-Zip (23.01) File Manager on Windows 10, I noticed these fields on the archived items:
Name
Characteristics
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Windows Tar Command for Tape Drive
I am trying to generate a command using GNUTar for backing up a folder on Windows 10 to a few tapes (hence my use of multisession). I am using an elevated command prompt window and have cd-ed into the ...
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How to compute the total size of files included by tar after exclude flags?
I'm building on the answer here to write a backup script. The script I have is roughly
backup_files="/etc /home"
excludes="--exclude-vcs --exclude-ignore-recursive=.tarignore"
#(...
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Reading tar tape with blocking factor 2048 on CentOS 7
I am trying to read a tar tape on CentOS 7 which was written on CentOS 5. I used blocking factor 2048.
I can read tapes written with blocking factor 1024, but not 2048. Attempting to read the tape ...
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tar:java/xxx:Cannot create symlink to : java/xxx : Permission denied
OS: Chromeos 114.0.5735.205 (Official Build) (32-bit)
Kernel:Linux penguin 5.15.108
Architecture:aarch64
trying to install jdk ,
I ran :
tar zxvf jdk-20_linux-aarch64_bin.tar.gz --no-same-owner
got ...
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Behavior of tar --exclude-ignore not as expected
If I have the file structure
dir/
dir/.ignore
dir/file.ext
dir/subdir/
dir/subdir/other_file.ext
where dir/.ignore contains one line, *.ext, then I would expect the command
$ tar -czvf dir.tgz --...
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Is it possible to recover a tar.xz file with the wrong hex header?
I have a compressed file in tar.xz format, when I try to open it with 7zip it gives the following error:
Cannot open the file as [xz] archive
Errors: Is no archive.
I checked the file in a hex editor ...
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An error occurred while installing .NET (7.0): .NET Acquisition Failed: I
Here is the error that keeps popping up with my experience during this problem (Ubuntu/os) :
An error occurred while installing .NET (7.0): .NET Acquisition Failed: Installation failed: Error: ...
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Error when recombining multipart TAR file
I created a multipart tar file based on the instructions in this post. But when I try to recombine and untar, I'm getting an error message.
To create a multipart tar from a large directory, I did the ...
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Decompressed a .xz file and now it has no extension and is not a directory
I had a directory of files that I compressed using:
tar -cvJf my_directory.xz my_directory
Now I've gone to decompress it using:
xz -dv my_directory.xz my_directory
and the resulting file is simply ...
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How to list only tar files
I have a silly problem
usr01@srvlnx01:~$ sudo ls /var/opt/gitlab/backups/
1685014011_2023_05_25_13.2.3_gitlab_backup.tar 1685016443_2023_05_25_13.2.3_gitlab_backup.tar tmp
but
usr01@srvlnx01:~$ ...
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Tar owner map when extracting
Tar has several options to affect how file and directory ownership will be stored in that tar file. For example --numeric-owner, or --owner-map. These options directly affect how the tar file will be ...
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ZST Compression Error In LMDE5 (Debian 11) Breaks Apt
I recently installed WeChat via the deepin-wine install method described below:
First, I ran this in terminal:
wget -O- https://deepin-wine.i-m.dev/setup.sh | sh
Then I used the Synaptic Package ...
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Is it possible to open a TAR file without a header and metadata?
I am trying to open a TAR file without a header containing the file information and other metadata. I know for certain this is a TAR file. Running xxd and head on the tar gives me the following:
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What will happen if I run out of tape during backup?
For example: if I use tar to write on LTO-1 tape (200/100 gb) and during the backup tar hits the end of tape. Will I be able to restore such a corrupted archive? How to solve the possible problem? How ...
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Why does changing a source file's name affect the size of its compressed version?
Using gzip on CentOS 7, I just compressed a source file into a .gz file, then I found I got the source file's name wrong, so I changed the source file's name and compressed it again, and interestingly ...
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Find log files under multiple directories and compress each file with its own name and date
I have multiple directories like below and I want to compress each file in place.
/var/dir1/logs/logfile.log
/var/dir2/logs/logfile.log
/var/dir3/logs/logfile.log
I want to use find and tar with ...
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Getting an error when trying to create a tarball of my Redhat VM
I'd appreciate some assistance as to where I'm going wrong please.
Ultimately my objective is to have Redhat available via Windows Subsystem for Linux.
Reading the instructions on the following ...
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How to verify a tar file in Windows?
In an effort to create more disk space I am trying to compress a bunch of my data into .tar.gz files. This takes a long time, so I'd like to automate the process in a .bat file. Ideally I would create ...
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tar error: Unexpected EOF in archive
I am trying to extract large tar folders, using the tar command
tar -xvif v1-2-val.tar.gz
but I get the error
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar:...
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Why graalvm is not appearing in update-alternatives --config java?
I downloaded the file graalvm-ce-java17-linux-amd64-22.3.0.tar.gz and extract to the location usr/lib/jvm.
Then i set the environment path with command
export PATH=/path/to/<graalvm>/bin:$PATH ...
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tar: samtools-1.9.tar: cannot open: no such file or directory
I am trying to run the command to install samtools on ubuntu but I am facing a problem here whenever I try to use tar.
Input : /c/Users/Hamza Bilal$ tar -xvf samtools-1.9.tar.bz2
The Output I get ...
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How to apply to multiple filenames in Windows command line?
I'm using tar in Windows 10 command line to extract a specific file from a bunch of archives.
I'm quite experienced in regex, but I have very little experience in Windows commands.
I'm using this ...
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Very slow extraction of a tar file on an external drive
I am trying to unzip a tar file on an external hard drive which is taking way to long.
The file is 100GB compressed and will be 500GB uncompressed.
I am using the following commands on windows command ...
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tar lzma autocompression produces the error "This does not look like a tar archive"
The following script
mkdir test && cd test
mkdir files
touch files/{1,2,3}
tar --create --file "test.lzma" files/{1,2,3} --auto-compress
mkdir extracted_files
tar --extract --file &...
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Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now in Debian
burakkaymaz4444@penguin:~$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit:2 https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease
Hit:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian-...
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7zip program infected with malwares and viruses [duplicate]
7zip program infected with malwares and viruses.
Virus Total scanned the installer as good with malicious and suspecious relations.
The 7-zip program
7-zip v22.01 - (may be infected)
From the Virus ...
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The most complete backup of /dev/sdX with dd, tar, gz, xz
What is the most complete way to backup/restore entire /dev/sdX (to/from a file) including device partition table and partition flags, all possible metadata, owners, file permissions, ACLs, creation/...
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How to extract How uncompress .tar.lrz file in centos 8?
I have .tar.lrz file in mac which I have to decompress.
I am trying decomprees file from https://github.com/lin-tan/CoCoNut-Artifact/releases/tag/training_data_1.0.0
I already tried:
yum install lrzip
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Error extracting tar.xz files on Linux
I have a bunch of tar.xz files I need to extract. I tried using the following command, but get errors when it tries to extract individual files.
tar -xJf file.tar.xz
tar: Example_path/and_file_name....
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Error extracting tar.xz files in Windows using command line
I have a bunch of tar.xz files I need to extract. I tried using the following command, but get an error.
tar -xJf "S:This_Is\the path\to_my_file.tar.xz"
tar: Error opening archive: Can't ...
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preserve hidden attribute on directory when using tar
Here is the shell script I'm writing to automate the task of copying a specific Vue project to another location on a Windows 11 machine:
# declare and initialize variables
source="/z/files/...
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Need faster archiving+compression of folders in .zip instead of .tar extension
I have a folder inside which are sub-folders and files. We currently use 7za to archive+compress in the .zip file extension. Specifically, following is the command that we use:
/usr/libexec/p7zip/7za ...
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How to make tar use constant memory?
I need to compress multiple files across multiple folders (>32GB) the way we compressed before via code used too much memory, so I used tar instead. I used tar with lz4 with
tar -I lz4 -cf foo.tar....
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Windows tar compress command doesnt appear to include subdirectories
I am trying to compress all files and folders in the current folder (on my Windows 10 environment) so I can extract them on my Raspbian environment. Im using a Powershell script with the tar command
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Can someone please explain how to loop the backup logic ( below mentioned script )
Could someone please explain how can i loop the below logic, This logic needs to run for every week. For eg : In 1st week in source folder i have a files and folder called stack.txt, webmethods, ...