Re: TAR and Linux info

You are correct. I ment the TAR option.
 With the listing for TAR and GTAR there is no option listed for "--ignore-failed-read do not exit with nonzero on unreadable files" as there is for "-v, --verbose". That is the problem I am having. What option character to use to ignore errors. Thanks,
Ron
I am busy doing exports and FTPing them to the server. That's why I typed the wrong command.

>>> stellr_at_cns.vt.edu 03/12/03 08:19AM >>>
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 04:48:42AM -0800, Ron Rogers wrote:
> List,
>
> OS RedHat 7.3
> Oeacle 8.1.7 rel3
> I have had a disk failure on my test box and a datafile needs to be
> recovered from my tape backup. The tape contains 6 large datafiles
and I
> get errors after reading the first one.
> Does anyone know the linux FTP option to --ignore-read-errors? The
man

I assume you mean tar option? I use gnu tar:

 gtar --help | grep fail

     --ignore-failed-read do not exit with nonzero on unreadable files

> command does not list it. I feel that there might be a bad section
of
> tape and I would like to skip it until the next file header.
> I am in the process of exporting the data by month from the
production
> server to reload into a recreated datafile if I can't get the tape
to
> work. I would prefer to use the tape restore because the data needed
is
> 3 GIG and will take a long time to exp/imp.
> I guess this is what you get when you use scrounged equipment to
make
> a test box to improve your knowledge. It also tests your
backup/restore
> equipment.
> Thanks,
> Ron
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