David Schultz wrote this message on Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 23:15 -0500: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2005, Brian K. White wrote: > > > To move file hierarchies, use a command line like this: > > > > > > tar -cf - -C srcdir . | tar xpf - -C destdir > > > > Why not? > > Isn't that just a slight convenience for this?: > > cd srcdir ; tar cf - . |( cd destdir ; tar xpf - ) > > detsdir: No such file or directory. then try: (cd srcdir; tar cf - .) | (cd destdir; tar xpf - ) -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."Received on Tue Mar 29 2005 - 04:09:42 UTC
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