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Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 12:54:28 -0700
From: Carl Thompson <cet AT carlthompson DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Tar.exe doing nothing
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Tim Prince wrote:
> 
> None of the proprietary versions of tar which I've run across accept
> input from a pipe.  Stick with gnu tar if possible.

All of the proprietary versions of tar I've used take input from a pipe
probably for this very reason (and I've used a few).  Which ones don't work?

Carl Thompson

> 
> Tim Prince
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Smith" <matts AT bluesguitar DOT org>
> To: <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 8:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Tar.exe doing nothing
> 
> > gunzip < filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -
> >
> > That will work with most any version of tar.
> >
> >
> 
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