Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:15:27 -0500 From: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Brian K. White" <brian@aljex.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system Message-ID: <20050329041527.GA9586@VARK.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: <010401c53385$584a04c0$6800000a@venti> References: <20050327223238.GA749@polands.org> <010401c53385$584a04c0$6800000a@venti>
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2005, Brian K. White wrote: > > 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 - ) detsdir: No such file or directory.
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