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.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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