Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 09:07:03 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <FreeBSD-Ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: using tar Message-ID: <199608100707.JAA08037@grumble.grondar.za>
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Chuck Robey wrote: > I want to use tar to move a directory hierarchy, but I want to do it > without using a temp directory, and I don't know the syntax to make tar > create an archive to stdout, then read from stdout to extract the acrchive > elsewhere. Anyone else know it? I want to use it to transport something > from usr/local (not /usr/local, thank goodness) to $(PREFIX). I do it like this: $ (cd /from/dir; tar cf -) | (cd /to/dir; tar xf -) M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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