On Jun 03 2010 10:03, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > On 3 June 2010 07:42, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote: > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:32:17 +0800, Aiza <aiz...@comclark.com> wrote: > >> When I exec tar from within a .sh shell script I get this message > >> tar: Removing leading '/' from member names > >> I have tar outputting to > /dev/null and still get this message. > >> With -v or without makes no difference. > >> > >> How can I stop this > > > > Depends on WHAT you want to stop - the illness or just its symptoms. :-) > > > > If it's just about symptoms, redirect the error messages into > > nirvana. > > > > tar [opts] [file] 1>/dev/null 2>&1 > > > > If you want to remove the REASON for "tar: Removing leading '/' > > from member names", you need to re-create the archives and > > start archiving from a relative point (instead of from an > > absolute one), e. g. > > > > # cd / > > # tar cvf etc.tar etc/ > > > > (lazy man's method) instead of > > > > # tar cvf etc.tar /etc/ > > > > The extraction of the archive will usually start in the > > current directory, so > > > > # cd /usr/local/bin > > # tar xvf etc.tar > > > > won't give you an etc/ subtree in /usr/local/bin directory. > > > > tar -cvf - ./ -C / > /dev/null > ? > I can't help wondering why the 'v' option is being specified, unless /dev/null needs more playing time.
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