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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: tar fs copy
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 04:30:13 EDT
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> > 	(cd $1; tar cf - .) | (cd $2; tar xf -)
> 
> Why not ( cd $2; tar -cf - -C $1 . | tar xf - ) ?

Because the -C flag to "tar" was added by Berkeley in 4.2BSD; it's not
present in all versions of "tar".

	Guy Harris