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Date:      Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:56:32 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Karl Vogel <vogelke+unix@pobox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GNU Tar and -T option
Message-ID:  <20090810145631.GC54485@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090809033232.8EE8EB7F0@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil>
References:  <3F47B447-F165-40CA-8172-1B59594BFBCD@socket.net> <20090809033232.8EE8EB7F0@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil>

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In the last episode (Aug 08), Karl Vogel said:
> >> On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:31:48 -0500, 
> >> Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net> said:
> 
> J> Has anyone had any luck using the -T option with GNU tar 1.16.1?  I am
> J> using the following command line.
> J>   /usr/local/gtar/bin/tar -c -T filelist -f - | dd of=/dev/nsa1 obs=128k
> 
>    I had no problems using that command line with GNU tar versions 1.14 and
>    1.22.  I'd grab the source and upgrade if I were you:
>      http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.22.tar.gz

gnutar 1.22 is in ports, which makes it even easier to test.  bsdtar
supports the -T option, too, so you shouldn't even need gnutar.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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