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Thanks guys.<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Frustrating sometimes.</div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 25 Apr 2009, at 13:32, dr scofield wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> Willem Huisman wrote: <blockquote id="mid_20090425122153_6783A326787_ws1-8_us4_outblaze_com" cite="mid:20090425122153.6783A326787@ws1-8.us4.outblaze.com" type="cite"> <div>Not wanting to be a wisecrack here ... but ..,<br> <br> shouldn't there be a '-'sign in front of your paramaters of the tar-command ?<br> </div> </blockquote> no, that's not necessary with most tars.<br> <blockquote id="mid_20090425122153_6783A326787_ws1-8_us4_outblaze_com" cite="mid:20090425122153.6783A326787@ws1-8.us4.outblaze.com" type="cite"> <div><br> I found out that using 'tar c folder archivename' just produces garbage .. :| <br> </div> </blockquote> hmm, that should have been "tar cf archivename folder"<br> <blockquote id="mid_20090425122153_6783A326787_ws1-8_us4_outblaze_com" cite="mid:20090425122153.6783A326787@ws1-8.us4.outblaze.com" type="cite"> <div><br> <blockquote id="StationeryCiteGenerated_3" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">----- Original Message -----<br> From: "Tom Willans" <tom.willans@bessacarr.com><br> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:opensim-users@lists.berlios.de">opensim-users@lists.berlios.de</a><br> Subject: [Opensim-users] Creating oar file from folder<br> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:00:55 +0100<br> <br> <br> I am trying to generate a oar file based upon the folder from a<br> decompressed file. I am using the command<br> <br> tar cvzf myoarfile.tar.gz * from with the folder itself ( this is now<br> readable). What am I doing wrong?<br> <br> 11:37:55 - [ARCHIVER]: Could not find extension information in asset<br> path assets/ since it's missing the separator _. Skipping<br> 11:37:55 - [ARCHIVER]: Could not parse region settings file<br> settings/. Ignoring. Exception was System.Xml.XmlException:<br> Document element did not appear. Line 1, position 1.<br> at Mono.Xml2.XmlTextReader.Read () [0x00000]<br> at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read () [0x00000]<br> at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent () [0x00000]<br> at System.Xml.XmlReader.ReadStartElement (System.String name)<br> [0x00000]<br> at<br> OpenSim.Framework.Serialization.External.RegionSettingsSerializer.Deseri<br> alize (System.String serializedSettings) [0x00000]<br> at<br> OpenSim.Framework.Serialization.External.RegionSettingsSerializer.Deseri<br> alize (System.Byte[] serializedSettings) [0x00000]<br> at<br> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.ArchiveReadRequest.LoadRegionS<br> ettings (System.String settingsPath, System.Byte[] data) [0x00000]<br> 11:37:55 - [TERRAIN]: Unable to load heightmap, no file loader<br> available for that format.<br> 11:37:55 - [ARCHIVER]: Error loading oar file. Exception was:<br> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain.TerrainException: unable to<br> load heightmap from file terrains/: no loader available for that format<br> at<br> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain.TerrainModule.LoadFromStream<br> (System.String filename, System.IO.Stream stream) [0x00000]<br> at<br> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.ArchiveReadRequest.LoadTerrain<br> (System.String terrainPath, System.Byte[] data) [0x00000]<br> at<br> OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.ArchiveReadRequest.DearchiveRe<br> gion0DotStar () [0x00000]<br> <br> I have also tried tar cvzf myoarfile.tar.gz oldoarfolder/ It then<br> ignore all the folders within the oar file.<br> <br> Thanks<br> Tom<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Opensim-users mailing list<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de">Opensim-users@lists.berlios.de</a><br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users">https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users</a><br> </tom.willans@bessacarr.com></blockquote><p> <br> <br> </p> <pre>__________
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