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Re: Tar: something like patch's -p


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: Tar: something like patch's -p
Date: 30 Oct 2001 16:04:47 +0100
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>>>>> "Hans-Bernhard" == Hans-Bernhard Broeker <address@hidden> writes:

Hans-Bernhard> Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote: [...]
>> cd ~/src/ace tar -p1 jxvf autoconf-2.52e.tar.bz2

Hans-Bernhard> Would

Hans-Bernhard>  cd ~/src tar xvjf autoconf-2.52e.tar.bz2 mv
Hans-Bernhard> autoconf-2.52e ace

Hans-Bernhard> feel better?  At the least, it would not need the
Hans-Bernhard> temporary copy you remove immediately after copying.

To me it's the same as cp + rm: you still have a lot of FS movement,
while I'd like things to be put at the right place from the start.



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