tar on AIX has severe limitations. If I want to archive an directory without these limitations I think about the backup command. But what would be the syntax?
Assuming you want to backup
/usr/local the tar command would be something like this:# tar cvpf /tmp/archive.tar ./usr/local/
You could use the following backup command instead:
# find ./usr/local/ | backup -iqvpf /tmp/archive.bff
To restore the backup you can use the restore command:
# restore -xqvf /tmp/archive.bff
(the corresponding tar command would be
tar xvpf /tmp/archive.tar)