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From: turner@ksr.com (James M. Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Your favourite UNIX-pipe (summary)
Keywords: pipe
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Date: 2 Aug 90 17:17:59 GMT
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>How about including useful short pipes (which could make our lives (novices)
>a little easier (and productive).

tar cf - . | (cd ../otherdir;tar xfpB -)

Copy everything in this directory to "../otherdir", preserving owner and date.


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Name:    James M. Turner            * Great Moments in Aviation #21: While on a
Company: Kendall Square Research    * NDB approach into Hanscom, pilot Ted Hertz
Email:   turner@ksr.com, ksr!turner * accidently tunes WEEI on his NAV instead
Phone:   (617) 895-9400             * of the LOM, and lands on top of the Pru.