Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:13:26 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar --unlink ? Message-ID: <20091009061326.GA2493@current.Sisis.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910090206530.10588@qvzrafvba.5c.ybpny> References: <20091009055817.GA2420@current.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910090206530.10588@qvzrafvba.5c.ybpny>
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El día Friday, October 09, 2009 a las 02:07:21AM -0400, jhell escribió: > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:58 +0200, guru@ wrote: > > > >Hello, > > > >To move a file tree from one place to another I see as an example: > > > ># tar -cf - local | tar --unlink -xpf - -C /mnt > > > >What does '--unlink' do exactly? I can't see it in the man page of > >tar(1). Thanks in advance > > > > matthias > > > > man 2 unlink I know the unlink(2) sys call, but what does this --unlink flag in tar(1) on restore (-x)? matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Vote NO to EU The Lisbon Treaty: http://www.no-means-no.eu
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