.sh & tar
illoai at gmail.com
illoai at gmail.com
Sat Jun 5 16:27:10 UTC 2010
On 3 June 2010 11:11, Chip Camden <sterling at camdensoftware.com> wrote:
> On Jun 03 2010 10:03, illoai at gmail.com wrote:
>> On 3 June 2010 07:42, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800, Aiza <aiza21 at 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 2>&1
>> >
>> > 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.
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