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Subject: Re: tar problem
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:00:02 +0200
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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.

> Nor have you shown that there is no other version of your
> tarx script in your PATH.

That is the question to ask first :-)

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.