On 3 June 2010 11:11, Chip Camden <sterl...@camdensoftware.com> wrote: > 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.
Reflex, but you're right, it shouldn't be in there. -- -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
