tar: [filename] : Cannot stat: No such file or directory

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Issue

  • The following error is encountered when I run tar to create a compressed archive.
# ls /tmp/work
file_1  file_10  file_2  file_3  file_4  file_5  file_6  file_7  file_8  file_9

# tar czvf --warning=no-file-changed /tmp/file.tar.gz /tmp/work/*
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: /tmp/file.tar.gz: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
/tmp/work/file_1
/tmp/work/file_10
/tmp/work/file_2
/tmp/work/file_3
/tmp/work/file_4
/tmp/work/file_5
/tmp/work/file_6
/tmp/work/file_7
/tmp/work/file_8
/tmp/work/file_9
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
  • What does this error mean? How do I prevent this error?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux All
  • tar

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