Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 18:00:28 -0300 (ADT) From: Antonio Bemfica <bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: tar options Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970423164933.4368A-100000@militzer.me.tuns.ca>
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Could a kind soul help me figure out how to copy a tar file from a tape?
I know how to extract it alright ("tar xvpf /dev/nrst0" does it), but then
I have to tar it all again into a file (and I don't have enough space for
it all anyway). I just want to pipe it - I tried what seemed to be all the
possible combinations, with no success:
tar xvpOf /dev/nrst0 | tar cvzf file.tar.gz -
tar xvpf /dev/nrst0 -C - | tar cvzf file.tar.gz
tar xvp --to-stdout -f /dev/nrst0 | tar cvz -f file.tar.gz -
tar xvpf /dev/nrst0 -C - | tar cvzf file.tar.gz -
etc...
I realize this is not strictly a FreeBSD related question (eventhough the
machine is a FreeBSD box), so my apologies in advance.
Antonio
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