On Friday 03 Jun 2005 15:56, David Witbrodt wrote: > David Witbrodt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > tar cvf - / | (cd /mnt/; tar xvf -) > > I'm a dummy. I had just spend the past several days reading docs, > including the 'man' page for 'tar', and failed to notice that the "cvf" and > "xvf" switches for 'tar' do not have the '-' character, but the man page > for 'tar' _does_ use it.
- specifies stdin, or stdout as files, where the | pipe character sends data. You only need to use it if you use the f flag, which requires a filename. Combos along the lines of tar cv srcdir | (cd dest; tar xv) will work, too. -- Lee. Please do not CC replies directly to me. I'll read them on the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
