archive

is there any archiving software to make directories or files in tar (archives)?

I used Terminal, with the command.. tar -cfpv filename.tar foldername

and it gives me an error. If I removed the -p then it will work fine, but I want to keep the file permissions. Any idea why i'm getting an error?

I don't really want to spend 50 bucks on the Stuffit software to just do that. If anyone can tell me if i'm doing something wrong or if there is some freeware out there, please let me know

What specific error do you get?

I'm a Solaris engineer and if you do the tar -cvf in Solaris, it will keep your permissions....

You could always try it and then do an xvf in another dir and see if it kept perms....

Tim

mac747 said:

I'm a Solaris engineer and if you do the tar -cvf in Solaris, it will keep your permissions....

You could always try it and then do an xvf in another dir and see if it kept perms....

Tim

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if i could get that far...lol


It doesn't give me an error.. just pauses and brings me back to the prompt. No file is created.

unplugged said:

if i could get that far...lol


It doesn't give me an error.. just pauses and brings me back to the prompt. No file is created.

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Oh, you said if you remove the -p it works fine. So it really doesn't?

What dir are you trying to tar? I can try it here and see if I have the same issue. I would think if it was a problem with perms, it would give you an error....

Oh and now that I read my first reply, I wasn't trying to brag or something about being a Solaris Engineer lol, I was just letting you know I do this at least once a week and know how it works in Solaris...

Tim

mac747 said:

Oh, you said if you remove the -p it works fine. So it really doesn't?

What dir are you trying to tar? I can try it here and see if I have the same issue. I would think if it was a problem with perms, it would give you an error....

Oh and now that I read my first reply, I wasn't trying to brag or something about being a Solaris Engineer lol, I was just letting you know I do this at least once a week and know how it works in Solaris...

Tim

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If i remove the -p, it will tar it fine. If I add the -p, it won't do anything. It doesn't matter which directory.

if i remove the -v and do -cfp, then i get an error

cannot stat: no such file or directory

if i do -cvf it works fine.. i don't get why the -p gives me problems

figured it out.. but this is really, really weird..

on my linux machine, i have to use tar -cvpf and on the mac tar -cpfv

it seems the way you arrange the letters can make it work or not work which I find odd. But at least now I know what to do

The f has to be in the last position, it is the only option looking for an argument (directory path).