Why not install GNU tar from sunfreeware? Actually, come to think of it, GNU tar should be part of the semi-supported freeware packages on the Solaris DVD... -Adam
Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com wrote:
It turns out that /usr/sbin/tar on my Solaris 10 system is not statically linked (there is no /usr/sbin/static, and I checked ldd tar). Does anyone know where I can get a statically-linked tar, or should I just suck it up and copy all of the library dependencies over? I can script that; I'm just annoyed that I have to.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Kevin McGregor kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.comwrote:
I'll just try this: /usr/bin/cp /usr/sbin/static/tar /tmp /usr/bin/dd if=file.tar | /usr/bin/chroot /tmp ./tar xf -
And see what happens. It's a short-term situation, so this should be sufficient.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 1:13 PM, John Lange john@johnlange.ca wrote:
You can always download and compile GNU tar on Solaris if you need it. I had to do that once some years back because of some Solaris bug that prevented me from untaring.
It only takes a few minutes and saves a lot of time in the long run trying to figure out the Solaris tar equivalents of the GNU tar commands you're used to.
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