* address@hidden (address@hidden) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I create an archive using tar like this:
>
> tar -cvf /dev/st0 /etc/oraInst.loc /etc/oratab /etc/oraInventory
> /d/d01/app/pasardata /d/d02/app/pasardata /d/d03/app/pasardata
> /d/d04/app/pasardata /u/u01/app /u/u02/oracle
>
> But when I tried to view the content /u/u01/app
>
> address@hidden backup]# tar -tvf apps_backup111606.tar /u/u01/app
> tar: /u/u01/app: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> address@hidden backup]#
>
> Any solutions restore selective files in the archive?
Two thoughts, first list the tar fully using tvf and see what the names
look like (and that the file is actually present) I suspect you'll
find the leading / has been removed and that you need to tell it to
extract u/u01/app
Dave
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