Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:42:03 +0100 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: tar to file or tar to device ? Message-ID: <20001012204203.A45010@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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IIUC, tar to a device, in my case /mnt/zip, treats the whole disk like a big tar file, not allowing any other use, correct? Then you use the tar command to list, access, and modify the archive. While tar to a file on that device allows other files to be stored there as well, correct? Is there any advantage to one approach over the other? jcm -- "I drank WHAT ?!" - Socrates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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