Getting tar to save files correctly?

nny0000 · 02-04-2009, 08:19 AM

I am working on a bash script and I am not getting the desired results.

My script is set up as such:

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#!/bin/bash
tar -cjf $BACKUPDIR/folder1-$DATE.tar.bz2 $HOMEDIR/folder1/
tar -cjf $BACKUPDIR/folder2-$DATE.tar.bz2 $HOMEDIR/folder2/

When I run it, I get this error:

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Removing leading `/' from member names

Also, when I open the directory, it saves every parent directory. So it will show /home/me/folder1 instead of only having 'folder1' as the root folder in the archive.

How can I fix this so I don't get this error and tar up the files so 'folder1' and 'folder2' are the root directories?

Thanks!

jschiwal · 02-04-2009, 08:46 AM

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Removing leading `/' from member names

"Nothing to see here." That is perfectly normal.

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it saves every parent directory

Because you ran it from /.

tar -C $HOMEDIR -cjf $BACKUPDIR-<date>.tar.bz folder1

The -C argument will change the working directory. Now the archive will have folder1 as the base.

burschik · 02-04-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by nny0000

When I run it, I get this error:

Code:

Removing leading `/' from member names

That's not an error.

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Also, when I open the directory, it saves every parent directory. So it will show /home/me/folder1 instead of only having 'folder1' as the root folder in the archive.

Use the "-C" option to change directories.

gnashley · 02-04-2009, 11:03 AM

I think you want this:
$HOMEDIR/folder1
instead of this:
$HOMEDIR/folder1/