[lubuntu-users] tar usage error

Felipe M. Vieira fmv1992 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 4 16:41:19 UTC 2016


Dear list,

I'm having trouble using the tar command:

/tmp/1 » ls
20160727_04_inside_the_black_box_01_exponent_consulting.mp3  inside_the_black_box_archive.tar

/tmp/1 » tar --verbose --concatenate --file=inside_the_black_box_archive.tar 20160727_04_inside_the_black_box_01_exponent_consulting.mp3 \
    && tar --list --file inside_the_black_box_archive.tar

20160309_04_inside_the_black_box_00_science_parade.mp3
20160309_04_inside_the_black_box_01_science_parade.mp3
20160504_04_inside_the_black_box_01_cinematography.mp3
20160504_04_inside_the_black_box_00_cinematography.mp3
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

I'm trying to put a file on an existing non corrupted tar archive. I tried to
use 'append', 'update' and 'concatenate' with no success.

The tar file does grow in size but does not show neither extracts the
'appended' file.

Which command should I use? All of my google search indicates that the syntax
is correct.

The GUI drag and drop functionality does it correctly.

Best regards,
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Felipe Martins Vieira
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