Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:56:32 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Karl Vogel <vogelke+unix@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNU Tar and -T option Message-ID: <20090810145631.GC54485@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20090809033232.8EE8EB7F0@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> References: <3F47B447-F165-40CA-8172-1B59594BFBCD@socket.net> <20090809033232.8EE8EB7F0@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil>
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In the last episode (Aug 08), Karl Vogel said: > >> On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:31:48 -0500, > >> Jay Hall <jhall@socket.net> said: > > J> Has anyone had any luck using the -T option with GNU tar 1.16.1? I am > J> using the following command line. > J> /usr/local/gtar/bin/tar -c -T filelist -f - | dd of=/dev/nsa1 obs=128k > > I had no problems using that command line with GNU tar versions 1.14 and > 1.22. I'd grab the source and upgrade if I were you: > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.22.tar.gz gnutar 1.22 is in ports, which makes it even easier to test. bsdtar supports the -T option, too, so you shouldn't even need gnutar. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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