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- From: barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr)
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- Subject: Re: How to move a filesytem?
- Keywords: dump restore subshell shell pipe
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 02:22:09 GMT
- References: <Dec18.142941.14163@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <1992Dec26.004056.18264@siemens.com> <1992Dec28.233859.9966@rigel.econ.uga.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec28.233859.9966@rigel.econ.uga.edu> david@marie.stat.uga.edu (David Gundlach) writes:
- >And then in <1992Dec26.004056.18264@siemens.com>, aad@siemens.com (Anthony Datri) said...
- >%
- >% dump 0f - /dev/roldfilesystem | (cd /newfilesystem ; restore rf -)
- >
- >One thing I haven't yet figured out is why folks keep insisting on
- >dumping to a subshell that then cds and restores.
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- Because that's the syntax if you use tar instead of dump.
- It may not be the best, but it's consistent.
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- --Dave
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