trying to tar some files
 

I am trying to rebuild a database in Centos 6.5, 64 bit version. I found what I think is the way to do it here.

http://unixbhaskar.wordpress.com/201...lcentosfedora/

When I gave it the first command as instructed at the website:

I got the follwing error:


Now all I want to do is tar some files what am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

R,

jyunker

jyunker...

It should be tar -czvf name_of_tar_file.tar file_or_directory_to be tarred

So, if I want to tar the folder /tmp and name it tmp.tar.gz

then the command will be:

it worked but file changed as we read it
 

I did what you said and it seemed to work. The final command was


tar -czvf rpm-1-27-2014.tar.gx

and it listed its progress:

however it gave this output:

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tar: /var.lib/rpm/rpm-1-27-2014.tar.gz: file changed as we readit
var/lib/rpm/Group
/var/librpm/Triggername

I am not sure what "file changed as we read it means".

Thanks in advance.

R,

jyunker

It means that you are tarring up your tar, which is changing while you are tarring it.