using tar

ray5_83 · 09-10-2004, 08:45 AM

hi, i tried to using tar to create aa archive, i succeed but now having problem to restore it

i used tar to create an archive for my floppy disk, as below
tar -cvf files.tar /mnt/floppy/files

then i delete all the things in floppy

then when i used this command to restore,
tar -xvf /mnt/floppy files.tar

it stated that floppy is a directory, an error found
then it quits

what should i do to restore the data to the floppy using tar?

michaelk · 09-10-2004, 08:58 AM

The correct syntax is:
tar -xvf files.tar /mnt/floppy/

serz · 09-10-2004, 09:52 AM

No, that returns an error.

The correct syntax would be this:

tar -xvf files.tar -C /mnt/floppy/

ray5_83 · 09-10-2004, 10:08 AM

thanks, guys, i will try for the commands..

Cedrik · 09-10-2004, 10:15 AM

Or if the create command was this :

tar -cvf files.tar /mnt/floppy/files

you restore files like this (assuming /mnt/floppy is mounted) :

tar xvf files.tar