On 29-8-2010 0:59, [email protected] wrote: > Polytropon <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> tar -cf ports.tar /usr/port >> >> It should be, better suited: >> >> # cd /usr >> # tar cf ports.tar ports >> >> So one could do "tar xf ports.tar" in the target machine's /usr >> ... > > Better put the created tarfile somewhere other than in the directory > that is being tarred :)
That's the case in the above example... > and it might as well be compressed, something like: > > # cd /usr > # tar cf - ports | gzip > /var/tmp/ports.tgz how about: tar zcf ports.tar.gz ports ;-) Peter -- http://www.boosten.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
