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tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

when I untar doctrine -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 660252 2010-10-16 23:06 Doctrine-1.2.0.tgz I always get this error messages root@X100e:/…

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Tar archiving that takes input from a list of files

I have a file that contain list of files I want to archive with tar. Let's call it mylist.txt …

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How to send a compressed archive that contains executables so that Google's attachment filter won't reject it

I have a directory that I want to compress to send it by e-mail, I've tried this: tar -cvf filename.…

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Create a tar.xz in one command

I am trying to create a .tar.xz compressed archive in one command. What is the specific syntax for that? …

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How to create tar.gz archive file in Windows?

How to create tar.gz archive of my files in Windows to upload and extract in cPanel?

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Find files and tar them (with spaces)

Alright, so simple problem here. I'm working on a simple back up code. It works fine except if the files …

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Create a .tar.bz2 file Linux

On my Linux machine, I wish to create a .tar.bz2 file of a certain folder. Once I place myself …

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tar: file changed as we read it

I am using make and tar to backup. When executing makefile, tar command shows file changed as we read it. …

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How to tar certain file types in all subdirectories?

I want to tar and all .php and .html files in a directory and its subdirectories. If I use tar …

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what does -zxvf mean in tar -zxvf <filename>?

I have seen on many websites commands like this what does the "-zxvf" or the similar commands stand for? tar …

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