Problems with piped tar

[Gerhard Schmidt]

Am 23.08.2016 um 09:18 schrieb Daniel Braniss:
> 
>> On 23 Aug 2016, at 10:06, Gerhard Schmidt <estartu at ze.tum.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> i'm quite often use tar to copy files using
>>
>> tar cf - /some/dir | (cd /dest/dir; tar xvvf - )
> the ‘new’ way:
> 	tar cf - /some/dir | tar xvvd - -C /dest/dir
> which of course does not explain way your version hangs, but this one is cleaner, and btw, don’t
> include /.

that's very strange. It's working, but doesn't solve another related
problem. When i pipe the tar thru nc a have the same problem as my
version. And it's no difference if there is a tar c an the receiving end
of nc or just a '> file.tar'

Regards
   Estartu



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