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Subject: Re: Adding remove file option to BSD tar?
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On 08/08/06 13:49, Steven Hartland wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Anderson" <anderson@centtech.com>
>> Some people on this list might argue that you could do this another way, 
>> something like piping a tar extract to another tar create that excludes 
>> that file.
> 
> Sure that can be done but its a PITA and majorly slow
> so a none option IMO.
> 
>     Steve

Yep, agreed..

Eric




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