xtar - what am I doing wrong?

[jgrillout]

I have a folder named SOURCE\FIXED that contains text files. I used this command
xtar.exe -c C:\SOURCE\FIXED C:\SOURCE
This created a file named C:\SOURCE\FIXED01.imd
so far so good i thought
i started a emulation of TRS 6000
trs80gp -m6000 -h X33070MD.CFG

after booting xenix I inserted FIXED01.imd into drive 0 and....


Here is a zip file of the source folder and which contains the FIXED01.imd created by xtar.
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZj9WUVZQ76IC12Q0mhtTqctqR8AsLiEOdpk
What am I doing wrong ?

 

[mloewen]

You don't mount the IMD file. Insert the file into the drive and 'tar -tvf /dev/fd0'

 

[jgrillout]

Yes that works. There is a slight issue. The absolute path stored in the tar file results in some directory names that are not typical for xenix. While they work, it would be nice if there was a way to only extract the files without the path names. Well I suppose when I used xtar, I could have done it in a way that only stores the file names. Also I wanted to change the file names to append .CBL. This caused a file name to truncate for example
before
NEXTPROG.PL
after
NEXTPROG.PL.CB
Here is a screen dump of the command I entered
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cd source/x
tar -xvf /dev/fd0
l
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 484 Jul 5 2023 DATE.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 629 Jul 5 2023 DATE.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 437 Jul 5 2023 FILERR.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 1846 Jul 5 2023 FILES.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 1125 Jul 5 2023 FMMENU.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 134 Jul 5 2023 IOWAIT.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 971 Jul 5 2023 MONTHS.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 1016 Jul 5 2023 NEWDATE.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 833 Jul 5 2023 NEWDATE.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 389 Jul 5 2023 NEXTPROG.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 435 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.DS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 418 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.FD
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 878 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 229 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.SL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 571 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 3550 Jul 5 2023 PRINTOUT.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 514 Jul 5 2023 SCREEN.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 2914 Jul 5 2023 SCREEN.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 75 Jul 5 2023 SYSDAT.PL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 323 Jul 5 2023 SYSDAT.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 329 Jul 5 2023 SYSPASS.WS
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 322 Jul 5 2023 TAXCDNO.WS
# cd /source/x
# l
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 3 bin bin 48 Jun 26 02:48 C:\TRS-II\SOUR
# pwd
/source/x

# cd '/source/x/C:\TRS-II\SOUR/FIXED'

# for f in * do
>mv $f $f.CBL
>done
# l
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 1016 Jul 5 2023 NEWDATE.PL.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 833 Jul 5 2023 NEWDATE.WS.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 389 Jul 5 2023 NEXTPROG.PL.CB
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 435 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.DS.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 418 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.FD.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 878 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.PL.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 229 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.SL.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 571 Jul 5 2023 PRINTER.WS.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 3550 Jul 5 2023 PRINTOUT.PL.CB
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 514 Jul 5 2023 SCREEN.PL.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 2914 Jul 5 2023 SCREEN.WS.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 75 Jul 5 2023 SYSDAT.PL.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 323 Jul 5 2023 SYSDAT.WS.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 329 Jul 5 2023 SYSPASS.WS.CBL
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 322 Jul 5 2023 TAXCDNO.WS.CBL