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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:38:40 +0200
From:      Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: Copying directories contents
Message-ID:  <20021001183840.GN30361@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
In-Reply-To: <20021001140103.G2271-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
References:  <20021001175837.GF7147@dan.emsphone.com> <20021001140103.G2271-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>

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# Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com / 2002-10-01 14:04:23 -0400:
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > tar cf - user1 user2 user3 user4 | ( cd /destination ; tar xpf - )
> 
> I really must learn how to use conditional stuff in Unix, such as && and
> parentheses :)

    those parens create a subshell, not any kind of conditional.

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