Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:52:49 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system Message-ID: <20050328185249.GB69540@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050328175500.GC95281@polands.org> References: <42483DF1.7090805@elischer.org> <200503281728.j2SHSbcX031848@realtime.exit.com> <20050328175500.GC95281@polands.org>
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 11:55:01AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:28:37AM -0800, Frank Mayhar wrote: > > Julian Elischer wrote: > > > Brian K. White wrote: > > > >> OK, the example I cannot live without... > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> To move file hierarchies, use a command line like this: > > > >> > > > >> tar -cf - -C srcdir . | tar xpf - -C destdir > > > > > > bsdtar supports -C.. > > > > > > what in the above line doesn't work? > > > > I think he just wants that example to live in the bsdtar manpage, as it > > (apparently) did in the gtar manpage. > > > Correct, just a documentation issue. Didn't mean to cause a fuss... > *** bsdtar.1.orig Mon Mar 28 10:43:08 2005 --- bsdtar.1 Mon Mar 28 10:51:07 2005 *************** *** 457,462 **** --- 457,465 ---- the default tape drive: .Dl Nm Fl x .Pp + To move file hierarchies, use a command line like this: + .Dl Nm Fl cf Pa - Fl C Pa srcdir \&. | Nm Fl xpf Pa - Fl C Pa destdir + .Pp In create mode, the list of files and directories to be archived can also include directory change instructions of the form .Cm -C Ns Pa foo/baz -- Steve
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