Problems with piped tar

[Daniel Braniss]

> On 23 Aug 2016, at 10:35, Gerhard Schmidt <estartu at ze.tum.de> wrote:
> 
> 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’
> 

try with different shells. (sh/bash/csh/zsh/…)


> Regards
>   Estartu
> 
> 
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