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what TAR is doing??
I've fired TAR command and forget to give option -v in command.
TAR is taking backup of 50 files.
Now TAR iw sorking and and NOW I want to know what TAR is working i.e. TAR is taking backup of which file right now.
TAR is taking backup of 50 files.
Now TAR iw sorking and and NOW I want to know what TAR is working i.e. TAR is taking backup of which file right now.
You can trace any running process with
truss -p PID (of tar process)
there are more options for tracing systemcalls etc
OR check the PID of the tar process
use the command pfiles PID to see what files the tar process has opened. It will be one for /dev/rmt/0 ( if you are running to tape) and another file that is read from ( plus stdin,stderror, libs etc )
HTH
truss -p PID (of tar process)
there are more options for tracing systemcalls etc
OR check the PID of the tar process
use the command pfiles PID to see what files the tar process has opened. It will be one for /dev/rmt/0 ( if you are running to tape) and another file that is read from ( plus stdin,stderror, libs etc )
HTH
Hi,
As besky suggested, you could use truss -p <PID> -topen, which means you would only be tracing open syscalls. Grep'ing for a specific filename/directory name out of the output will should you what the tar command is acting on at that time.
RR
As besky suggested, you could use truss -p <PID> -topen, which means you would only be tracing open syscalls. Grep'ing for a specific filename/directory name out of the output will should you what the tar command is acting on at that time.
RR
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There are a few options.
I would use 'lsof'. It is use for listing open files. You can get if from http://www.sunfreeware.com
You could also use the 'truss' command. Not the easiest one to use but quite informative.
Finally, if you do a 'tar tvf' of the output file, it will possibly tell you how far it has gotten.
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