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Re: [Bug-tar] How to supply the -n option to gzip when calling tar with
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Bug-tar] How to supply the -n option to gzip when calling tar with 'czf'? |
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Mon, 09 Sep 2013 16:27:35 -0600 |
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On 09/09/2013 03:39 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
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> I don't see how to supply the -n option to gzip when calling tar with
> 'czf'. Does anybody know if there is a way to do so?
Why? Why not just use 'tar cf ... | gzip -cn ...'? Remember, 'tar czf'
is only a shortcut for a commonly used setup, but if you need something
that isn't as common, then use longhand instead of the shortcut.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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