Re: tar problem

From	Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: tar problem
Date	2024-06-10 22:35 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:00:02 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> On 2024-06-10 14:35, Lew Pitcher wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:34:30 +0000, db wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:12:52 +0000, Robert Heller wrote:
>>>
>>>> At Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:22:38 +0100 Richard Kettlewell
>>>> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>> I like to make life easy so I wrote a one-line script for extracting
>>>>>> the contents of a tar file. I copied it into the /bin directory so I
>>>>>> can run it from anywhere.
>>>>>> I tried it out in a test directory where I had it, and where there is
>>>>>> a small test tar file. Here is the dialogue from running it, using
>>>>>> both the local script and the one in /bin:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ~/tartest> ls tarx  test.tar.gz ~/tartest> cat tarx tar -xf $1.tar.gz
>>>>>> ~/tartest> cat ~/bin/tarx tar -xf $1.tar.gz ~/tartest> ./tarx test
>>>>>> ~/tartest> ls tarx  test  test.tar.gz ~/tartest> del -r test
>>>>>> ~/tartest> tarx test tar (child): test: Cannot open: No such file or
>>>>>> directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar:
>>>>>> Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why doesn't it work from bin/ ?
>>>>
>>>> What does 'which tarx' show?  Does it show /bin/tarx?
>>>>
>>>> Note: you should *never* put random programs in /bin (or even /usr/bin).
>>>>   The only programs/files in these directories should be ones installed
>>>> by your package management system.  /bin is reserved for core / early
>>>> boot programs and others would be in /usr/bin.
>>>>
>>>> Locally provided programs should be in either /usr/local/bin or /opt/bin
>>>> (depending on your file system usage philosiphy).  These directories
>>>> can/should be added to your $PATH.  *Personally* provided programs
>>>> should be in $HOME/bin, and this directory can be added to your $PATH as
>>>> well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Probably /bin/tarx isn't the same as ./tarx. What does
>>>>>    cat /bin/tarx
>>>>> show?
>>>>>
>>>
>>> I already showed that, the two cat.. statements.
>> 
>> Sorry, but no, you didn't.
>> 
>> You showed us
>>    ~/tartest> cat tarx
>> which gave the contents of ~/tartest/tarx, and
>>    ~/tartest> cat ~/bin/tarx
>> which gave the contents of ~/bin/tarx
>> 
>> You haven't shown the contents of /bin/tarx
> 
> There is no proof that such a file exists.

Agreed. However, the OP asserts that he (quote)
>>>>>> copied it into the /bin directory
and gives an example where he executes it from
(presumably, the /bin directory) in his path.



>> Nor have you shown that there is no other version of your
>> tarx script in your PATH.
> 
> That is the question to ask first :-)

That's the question I /did/ ask first :-)

-- 
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"

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tar problem db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2024-06-09 14:36 +0000
  Re: tar problem Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-06-09 17:28 +0200
  Re: tar problem Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-09 16:01 +0000
  Re: tar problem Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-06-09 18:22 +0100
    Re: tar problem Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2024-06-09 19:12 +0000
      Re: tar problem db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2024-06-10 11:34 +0000
        Re: tar problem Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-10 12:35 +0000
          Re: tar problem "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-10 23:00 +0200
            Re: tar problem Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-10 22:35 +0000
              Re: tar problem "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-11 00:55 +0200
                Re: tar problem db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2024-06-11 08:39 +0000
                Re: tar problem Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-06-11 17:07 +0000
                Re: tar problem Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-11 18:36 +0000
                Re: tar problem db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2024-06-12 12:38 +0000
                Re: tar problem Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2024-06-12 18:49 +0200
                Re: tar problem Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-06-12 20:16 +0100
                Re: tar problem Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2024-06-12 21:08 +0000
                Re: tar problem Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-06-13 08:33 +0100
                Re: tar problem Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2024-06-13 10:50 +0200
                Re: tar problem "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-13 20:00 +0200
      Re: tar problem candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-06-12 06:45 +0000
  Re: tar problem Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-10 22:56 +0000
    Re: tar problem "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-11 02:42 +0200
    Re: tar problem db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2024-06-12 12:41 +0000
  Re: tar problem nobody@nowhere.invalid (Marc Olschok) - 2024-06-12 15:29 +0000
    Re: tar problem Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2024-06-12 18:21 +0000
  Re: tar problem marrgol <marrgol@address.invalid> - 2024-06-12 19:33 +0200
  Re: tar problem db <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2024-06-14 14:35 +0000
    Re: tar problem Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-14 14:38 +0000
      Path and/or alias finding "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-14 19:42 +0200
        Re: Path and/or alias finding Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2024-06-14 18:50 +0000
          Re: Path and/or alias finding "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-14 21:59 +0200
          Re: Path and/or alias finding Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-14 20:24 +0000
            Re: Path and/or alias finding Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-14 20:30 +0000
            Re: Path and/or alias finding "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-14 22:43 +0200
        Re: Path and/or alias finding John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2024-06-14 15:30 -0400
          Re: Path and/or alias finding "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-06-14 22:02 +0200

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