on 10/11/2006 14:32 Oliver Fromme said the following: > Aaron Burke wrote: > > SNIP > > > > (FreeBSD 4.x) : cd /usr; tar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; tar xvf -) > > > > (FreeBSD 5.x+) : cd /usr; gtar clpf - . | (cd /mnt; gtar xvf -) > > > iirc tar(1) has changed in 5.3. why do you use gtar please? is new tar > > > missing something? > > Well, technically no, but it requires more typing. > > That's why I prefer to use cpio: > > cd /usr; find -dx . | cpio -dump /mnt > > which works on _any_ version of FreeBSD out of the box.
$ pax rw /usr /mnt is even less typing and works on any system with POSIX-compliant utilities :-) Not to mention all other goodies that pax provides (I especially like -s option). -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
