Gene Heskett wrote: > Here is an example > [EMAIL PROTECTED] data]# dd if=00010.coyote._lib.1 bs=32k count=1 > AMANDA: FILE 20070314104344 coyote /lib lev 1 comp .gz program /bin/tar > To restore, position tape at start of file and run: > dd if=<tape> bs=32k skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | /bin/tar -f - ... > > And the elipsis is an error if not removed. Then one is supposed to be > able to redirect tars output with the usual >/tmp/test/ syntax > > So: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] data]# dd if=00010.coyote._lib.1 bs=32k > skip=1 | /bin/gzip -dc | /bin/tar -f - >/tmp/test/ > -bash: /tmp/test/: Is a directory > > which is the return from any variation in how the redirect is done. > > So what is it that am I doing wrong in the above command line?, so I can > add it to my helper scripts to be published eventually on zmanda.org.
One of us is confused, and it may very well be me, but... the /bin/tar -f - >/tmp/test/ looks to me like it should fail exactly as bash says it does. the output redirect (>) will only write out to a file, not a directory. (So, /tmp/file should work, /tmp/file/ won't.) Are you trying to redirect where the files get restored? That should be done with a cd before doing the uncompress. Or am I misunderstanding what you're telling me? Ray - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/