luong@cs.utexas.edu (Hue Nhu Luong) (06/18/91)
I try to un-tar the file xloadimage.3.01.tar by entering: tar -xvf xloadimage.3.01.tar But what I get is a bunch of boloneies like this: tar: can't set time on Imakefile: Not owner tar: can't set time on Makefile: Not owner tar: can't set time on Makefile.std: Not owner tar: README: HELP - extract write error: Permission denied x Imakefile, 1847 bytes, 4 tape blocks x Makefile, 6758 bytes, 14 tape blocks x Makefile.std, 6758 bytes, 14 tape blocks x README, 15694 bytes, 31 tape blocks Can somebody help me with this?
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (06/19/91)
In article <1560@cash.cs.utexas.edu> luong@cs.utexas.edu (Hue Nhu Luong) writes: > tar -xvf xloadimage.3.01.tar > tar: can't set time on Makefile.std: Not owner > tar: README: HELP - extract write error: Permission denied Sounds like you are on sysV where non-root users can change a file's ownership and tar defaults to restoring the original owners id. Use the o option to make all the files owned by yourself: tar xovf file Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us
koerber.sin@sni.de (Mathias Koerber) (06/20/91)
In article <1560@cash.cs.utexas.edu> luong@cs.utexas.edu (Hue Nhu Luong) writes: | |I try to un-tar the file xloadimage.3.01.tar by entering: | | tar -xvf xloadimage.3.01.tar | |But what I get is a bunch of boloneies like this: | | tar: can't set time on Imakefile: Not owner | tar: can't set time on Makefile: Not owner | tar: can't set time on Makefile.std: Not owner | tar: README: HELP - extract write error: Permission denied | x Imakefile, 1847 bytes, 4 tape blocks | x Makefile, 6758 bytes, 14 tape blocks | x Makefile.std, 6758 bytes, 14 tape blocks | x README, 15694 bytes, 31 tape blocks | |Can somebody help me with this? a) be sure you have write access in the directory you are untaring in. and more important: b) use tar -xvof xloadimage.3.01.tar ^ the o keyletter makes you owner of all files you grabbed off the archive. Otherwise tar tries to reinstate the original owner/group (using the number,not the name), and that may not be you. After it grabbed it, changed the owner to the original, it tries to re-set the time, and can't since it's not your file anymore. PS: "o" is not documented on my system, but works. Hope this helps. Mathias