[95902] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Unidentified subject!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\))
Thu Oct 22 05:09:42 1998
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:10:50 +0100
From: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <argathin@iname.com>
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robert writes:
[Linux tar and multiple volumes]
Well, as I'm using GNU tar at work on Solaris/SunOS as well (Linux is using
GNU tar), I do the following:
I open up "info" in XEmacs (or any other "info" reader), select the chapter
about "tar", select "Index", browse a bit, find the entry "Multi-Volume
Archives", select it and it tells me that there is a command line switch
called -M or --multi-volume. Quote:
"If an archive member is split across volumes (ie. its entry begins on
one volume of the media and ends on another), you need to specify
`--multi-volume' (`-M') to extract it successfully. In this case, you
should load the volume where the archive member starts, and use `tar
--extract --multi-volume'--`tar' will prompt for later volumes as it
needs them. *Note extracting archives::, for more information about
extracting archives."
For more information, I'd suggest reading the info pages about tar. There's
another info reader than XEmacs, but it's name eludes me right now - I
prefer XEmacs for that job anyway (it's the button with the "i" in it, or
"Help/Info" or C-h i). As far as I remember, the info pages for tar (and other
GNU tools) are installed on Red Hat Linux systems as well - it's definitely a
good idea to familiarise yourself with the info pages as well, not only the
man pages. This is especially true for GNU software
HTH,
Thomas (who's still wondering whose bright idea it was to drop the man page
support for GNU software, grrr....)
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