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Old 02-23-2017, 04:15 AM   #1
Glenn D.
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allow tar to complete instead of failing


Hello,

A Question:
What tar switches allow tar to complete and ignore errors ?.
Help appreciated.

Thanks
--Glenn

tar processes ~ 41,063 files and fails - see following tar command.

wc -l /home/r4/r4-sdb-file-list/r4files-sdb.log
41063 /home/r4/r4-sdb-file-list/r4files-sdb.log

# tar -cvf /media/disk2/r4files.tar /media/disk| tee /home/r4/r4-sdb-file-list/r4files-sdb.log

/media/disk/iso-factory/openSUSE-DVD-Build0146-x86_64.m3.morrors._files/
/media/disk/java/
/media/disk/java/Java_files/
/media/disk/java/java-help_files/
/media/disk/java/java-help-libnpjp2.so_files/
/media/disk/java/jre-6u14-linux-x64-rpm.bin
/media/disk/java/jre-6u14-linux-x64-rpm.bin.bak
/media/disk/jb-hifi/
/media/disk/jb-hifi/presario14-Aug09_files/
/media/disk/jb-hifi/acer-AS5536-644G32_files/
/media/disk/jibjab/
/media/disk/jibjab/2009/
/media/disk/jibjab/2009/JibJab History_files/
/media/disk/jibjab/2009/The Making of -Never a Year Like 09_files/
/media/disk/jibjab/JibJab-info_files/
/media/disk/jibjab/JibJab-info_files/JibJab_This_Land.png
/media/disk/jibjab/funnies/
/media/disk/jibjab/funnies/bush-y2005.flv
/media/disk/jibjab/info_files/

tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/show_ads.js: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/style.css: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/system.css: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/template.css: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/test_domain.js: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/typo.css: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/universe_nav.css: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/universe_nav.js: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/xajax_core.js: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/thumb_029c506ac1a3020ff6e0156a.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/thumb_05a3bde14acea07e18242a29.jpg: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/thumb_3296cddbcbc12f217d1e46fb.jpg: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/thumb_41d300265f61afe528569fbb.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/thumb_9746bf1652bf30d720f3ef9f.jpg: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/linux/create-video/youtube-videos-with-linux-part-2_files/thumb_aa62405f12ea49f90e03b287.png: File removed before we read it

/media/disk/k3b/
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-fixate-error1.png
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/bookmarksite_digg.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/bookmarksite_google.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/caf4926.jpeg
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/collapse_thead.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/connection-min.js
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/founded_novell.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/ga.js
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/geeko.jpg
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/geeko_icon.png
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/icon1.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/im_msn.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/linkback_about.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/linkback_url.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/lizards.png
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/menu_open.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/mode_hybrid.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/mode_linear.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/mode_threaded.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/navbits_start.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/opensuse_forums.png
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/post_old.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/printer.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/quote.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/reply.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/reputation_balance.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/reputation_highpos.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/reputation_pos.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/smile.png
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/style.css
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/style_print.css
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/user_offline.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/user_online.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/vbulletin_global.js
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/vbulletin_lightbox.js
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/vbulletin_menu.js
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/viewpost.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/wink.png
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/yahoo-dom-event.js
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/bookmarksite_delicious.gif
/media/disk/k3b/k3b-mp3-support_files/bookmarksite_stumbleupon.gif
/media/disk/k3b/slow-unsteady-burning-via-k3b-1_files/
/media/disk/k3b/slow-unsteady-burning-via-k3b-2_files/
/media/disk/k4/
/media/disk/k4/repodata/
/media/disk/k4/repodata/2c3b415c9e793bbf4f73212ada97fb4d2ed437036e74f606cea1dea665496ee3-filelists.xml.gz
/media/disk/k4/repodata/9ca715d78bb7c34b933c053329320e78759ebc2ae2808bcd7a2f91328165fbaa-primary.xml.gz
/media/disk/k4/repodata/d949bac17eca4c78ee18b2363542ae24b8e17b3d9b8c87b8685b9a29a9464fe3-other.xml.gz
/media/disk/k4/NetworkManager-kde4-0.9.svn1128615-2.1.x86_64.rpm
/media/disk/k4/NetworkManager-kde4-libs-0.9.svn1128615-2.1.x86_64.rpm
/media/disk/k4/akonadi-runtime-1.3.80-2.3.x86_64.rpm
/media/disk/k4/akregator-4.4.3-222.9.x86_64.rpm
.
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tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/d79616993dab466bee3456e8ac46bfee.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/da9c3f343fd127052374c19e51637d53.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/e0f875deca04609b40a3a35dfd858618.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/e525e1d7589ae4b16abbb0a1dc5992ce.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/eebc1b9d470218b7e5f1ea91cced0371.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/fcf5d2036934dfa7ef2d7a77d50a235e.png: File removed before we read it
tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/project_files/publish_enabled_grey.png: File removed before we read it
/media/disk/gramps3.1.2/gramps3-3.1.2-4.2.src.rpm
tar: /media/disk/gramps3.1.2/gramps3-3.1.2-4.2.noarch.rpm: File removed before we read it
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
 
Old 02-23-2017, 05:45 AM   #2
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see man tar. Did you try any --ignore* flags?
 
Old 02-23-2017, 05:58 AM   #3
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tar will actually "complete", in that it'll attempt to process all the files you've asked it to and is then telling you it's going to send back an exit errorlevel due to the previous errors.
 
  


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