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nitinkgoud

nitinkgoud

IS-IT--Management
Jun 28, 2006
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Hello,
One of my file system has 15 gb free . I put a 12 gb tar file in it. i have 3 gb free now. now i need to extract this 12 gb tar file.Any ideas on how to do it, i use solaris 8.
 
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Hi,

You may want to move the tar file to a different file system and then untar to the desired location.

A 12gb tar file is huge. Have a look at ufsdumps.

Alan
 
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