Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:37:16 +0200 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports database Message-ID: <4C7A0E2C.5050705@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <4c7994cd.zZBjSuPFSUYKdCmf%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <874453.45134.qm@web52302.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20100826215346.7aaba141.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100828170745.GA88025@guilt.hydra> <20100828203618.45fd6be8.freebsd@edvax.de> <4c7994cd.zZBjSuPFSUYKdCmf%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On 29-8-2010 0:59, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > >>> tar -cf ports.tar /usr/port >> >> It should be, better suited: >> >> # cd /usr >> # tar cf ports.tar ports >> >> So one could do "tar xf ports.tar" in the target machine's /usr >> ... > > Better put the created tarfile somewhere other than in the directory > that is being tarred :) That's the case in the above example... > and it might as well be compressed, something like: > > # cd /usr > # tar cf - ports | gzip > /var/tmp/ports.tgz how about: tar zcf ports.tar.gz ports ;-) Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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