Its not about less time, its about preserving file permissions,
acc/mod times this that. the && ensures that you do not untar the
stuff in the same directory if for some reason the `cd` fails. the -
indicates standard input and "." indicates pwd. the second part is
grouped inside () to make it a single job whose standard input is the
pipe.
Viveka Nathan K <vivek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
This is used to copy a Huge data.
In this case, it will take lesser time than normal
copying process.
It tars the files in current folder (.) and
untar it in the /marathi/marathi folder.
On 04/06/2004 10:28:34 AM, T.K.Venu Gopal wrote:
hello_______________________________________________
what does it mean, just explain
tar cBvf - . | ( cd /marathi/marathi && tar xBVf - )
venugopal
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