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Date:      Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:59:59 -0500
From:      "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com>
To:        <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system
Message-ID:  <010401c53385$584a04c0$6800000a@venti>
References:  <20050313223214.D6EE57306E@freebsd-current.sentex.ca><4243B57D.5050204@freebsd.org> <20050325130458.GA40427@polands.org><20050326181516.X65159@qbhto.arg> <20050327223238.GA749@polands.org>

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org>
To: "Doug Barton" <DougB@freebsd.org>
Cc: <current@freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system


> On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 06:16:24PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Doug Poland wrote:
>>
>> >There are some examples in the gtar man page that would be nice to have
>> >in bsdtar.
>>
>> Given that "some examples" have already been implemented, I think we're
>> covered here. :)  If you want something more specific, you'll have to
>> provide a little more information.
>>
> OK, the example I cannot live without...
>
>
>     To move file hierarchies, use a command line like this:
>
>     tar -cf - -C srcdir . | tar xpf - -C destdir

Why not?
Isn't that just a slight convenience for this?:
cd srcdir ; tar cf - . |( cd destdir ; tar xpf - )

It looks equivalent saying you cannot live without -j or -z ?
now if "cd" ever decides to eat even one character from stdin that'd be 
different :)

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