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By default, tar creates entries for the various directories
themselves, but "load oar" only accepts file-level entries.  I
couldn't work out how to change that behaviour in GNU tar, so I
created a file list and used that with the -T option.

John

Tom Willans wrote:

>Thanks guys.
>
>If I just enter tar -cf ( or tar cf my tar version accepts both, you  
>do not strictly need the f either. ) it complains about not being in  
>zip format. tar -czf or -czvf it can then read in the files i.e. it  
>now knows about the folders assets etc.  The oar compression format  
>is tar.gz.
>
>Frustrating sometimes.
>Tom
>
>
>On 25 Apr 2009, at 13:32, dr scofield wrote:
>
>> Willem Huisman wrote:
>>>
>>> Not wanting to be a wisecrack here ... but ..,
>>>
>>> shouldn't there be a '-'sign in front of your paramaters of the  
>>> tar-command ?
>> no, that's not necessary with most tars.
>>>
>>> I found out that using 'tar c folder archivename' just produces  
>>> garbage .. :|
>> hmm, that should have been "tar cf archivename folder"
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tom Willans"
>>> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
>>> Subject: [Opensim-users] Creating oar file from folder
>>> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:00:55 +0100
>>>
>>>
>>> I am trying to generate a oar file based upon the folder from a
>>> decompressed file. I am using the command
>>>
>>> tar cvzf myoarfile.tar.gz * from with the folder itself ( this is now
>>> readable). What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> 11:37:55 - [ARCHIVER]: Could not find extension information in asset
>>> path assets/ since it's missing the separator _. Skipping
>>> 11:37:55 - [ARCHIVER]: Could not parse region settings file
>>> settings/. Ignoring. Exception was System.Xml.XmlException:
>>> Document element did not appear. Line 1, position 1.
>>> at Mono.Xml2.XmlTextReader.Read () [0x00000]
>>> at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read () [0x00000]
>>> at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent () [0x00000]
>>> at System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadStartElement (System.String name)
>>> [0x00000]
>>> at
>>> OpenSim.Framework.Serialization.External.RegionSettingsSerializer.Des 
>>> eri
>>> alize (System.String serializedSettings) [0x00000]
>>> at
>>> OpenSim.Framework.Serialization.External.RegionSettingsSerializer.Des 
>>> eri
>>> alize (System.Byte[] serializedSettings) [0x00000]
>>> at
>>> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.ArchiveReadRequest.LoadRegi 
>>> onS
>>> ettings (System.String settingsPath, System.Byte[] data) [0x00000]
>>> 11:37:55 - [TERRAIN]: Unable to load heightmap, no file loader
>>> available for that format.
>>> 11:37:55 - [ARCHIVER]: Error loading oar file. Exception was:
>>> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain.TerrainException: unable to
>>> load heightmap from file terrains/: no loader available for that  
>>> format
>>> at
>>> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain.TerrainModule.LoadFromStream
>>> (System.String filename, System.IO.Stream stream) [0x00000]
>>> at
>>> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.ArchiveReadRequest.LoadTerr 
>>> ain
>>> (System.String terrainPath, System.Byte[] data) [0x00000]
>>> at
>>> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.ArchiveReadRequest.Dearchiv 
>>> eRe
>>> gion0DotStar () [0x00000]
>>>
>>> I have also tried tar cvzf myoarfile.tar.gz oldoarfolder/ It then
>>> ignore all the folders within the oar file.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Tom
>>>
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