From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 10 12:33:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 080D216A51C for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:33:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0246D43D64 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:33:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (wfgjaj@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id kAACWsdh074645; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:33:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id kAACWrmW074634; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:32:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:32:53 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200611101232.kAACWrmW074634@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, aburke@nullplusone.net, gamato@users.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.8.2-20060425 ("Shillay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:33:00 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: adding an extra hard disk and adding space to /usr X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, aburke@nullplusone.net, gamato@users.sourceforge.net List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:33:03 -0000 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. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Clear perl code is better than unclear awk code; but NOTHING comes close to unclear perl code" (taken from comp.lang.awk FAQ)