Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 06:44:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: FreeBSD-Ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using tar Message-ID: <199608111344.GAA13384@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960810004936.774A-100000@modem.eng.umd.edu> from "Chuck Robey" at Aug 10, 96 00:52:39 am
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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). cd <source_dir> tar cf - | ( cd <dest_dir>; tar xvfBp - ) jmb
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