Re: size discrepancy after tarring a dir

2010-09-06 Thread Phil Meyer
On 09/03/2010 03:21 PM, JD wrote: >I have two mounted disks, both ext3 mounted > as > /sdb1 > /sdc1 > > On /sdb1 I have a directory, let's call it dirx. > > 1. rm -rf /sdc1/dirx > > 2. cd /sdb1 > 3. tar cf - dirx | tar -C /sdc1 -xpf - > > Neither dir (/sdb1 and /sdc1) are not accessed by any

Re: size discrepancy after tarring a dir

2010-09-03 Thread Gregory Hosler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/04/2010 05:21 AM, JD wrote: > I have two mounted disks, both ext3 mounted > as > /sdb1 > /sdc1 > > On /sdb1 I have a directory, let's call it dirx. > > 1. rm -rf /sdc1/dirx > > 2. cd /sdb1 > 3. tar cf - dirx | tar -C /sdc1 -xpf - > > Neith

Re: size discrepancy after tarring a dir

2010-09-03 Thread JD
On 09/03/2010 04:40 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 03Sep2010 14:21, JD wrote: > | I have two mounted disks, both ext3 mounted > | as > | /sdb1 > | /sdc1 > | > | On /sdb1 I have a directory, let's call it dirx. > | > | 1. rm -rf /sdc1/dirx > | > | 2. cd /sdb1 > | 3. tar cf - dirx | tar -C /sd

Re: size discrepancy after tarring a dir

2010-09-03 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 03Sep2010 14:21, JD wrote: | I have two mounted disks, both ext3 mounted | as | /sdb1 | /sdc1 | | On /sdb1 I have a directory, let's call it dirx. | | 1. rm -rf /sdc1/dirx | | 2. cd /sdb1 | 3. tar cf - dirx | tar -C /sdc1 -xpf - | | Neither dir (/sdb1 and /sdc1) are not accessed by any p

size discrepancy after tarring a dir

2010-09-03 Thread JD
I have two mounted disks, both ext3 mounted as /sdb1 /sdc1 On /sdb1 I have a directory, let's call it dirx. 1. rm -rf /sdc1/dirx 2. cd /sdb1 3. tar cf - dirx | tar -C /sdc1 -xpf - Neither dir (/sdb1 and /sdc1) are not accessed by any programs other than the tar program (and of course /sdb1 i