Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 01:52:45 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar --unlink ? Message-ID: <20091009065245.GV29215@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20091009061326.GA2493@current.Sisis.de> References: <20091009055817.GA2420@current.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910090206530.10588@qvzrafvba.5c.ybpny> <20091009061326.GA2493@current.Sisis.de>
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In the last episode (Oct 09), Matthias Apitz said: > El día Friday, October 09, 2009 a las 02:07:21AM -0400, jhell escribió: > > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:58 +0200, guru@ wrote: > > > > > >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 > > > > man 2 unlink > > I know the unlink(2) sys call, but what does this --unlink flag in tar(1) > on restore (-x)? It's the same as the -U option, provided for gnutar compatibility. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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