On 2007-08-29 10:58 -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > On Tue August 28 2007 3:11:20 pm Eduard Bloch wrote: > > > Oh, come on. People who put $TAPE into the default environment > > may also link /dev/null to /dev/hda (or /dev/sda) and complain > > to the coretutils maintainer because ln isn't unable to think > > for them. > > I don't think so. Hasn't tar defaulted to something > approximately /dev/rmt0 for *YEARS*, not just on Linux but on > just about every platform, if -f is not given?
Yes. By default, tar c writes to some tape drive, not to stdout. The exact device is implementation-defined. It's /dev/rmt/0m on HP-UX, /dev/rmt0 on AIX, /dev/ntape/tape0 on Digital Unix... GNU tar defaults to stdout because it's cross-platform. > Assuming that tar goes to stdout is a losing proposition, I > think, and not just because of TAPE. Exactly. The safe, portable way to write to stdout is "-f -". -- André Majorel <http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/> Choosy spammers prefer lists.debian.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
