Ralph Corderoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> $ tar -V something -cf bar.tar --files-from=/dev/null
>having to know the name of /dev/null on this platform. If you don't want to use /dev/null, you can use any empty data source (file or pipe) instead of /dev/null for reading. But /dev/null is a widely-known device: It is defined in the »Single UNIX Specification«. So really each flavor of a unix-like OS should have it. -- Wenn Sie mir E-Mail schreiben, stellen | When writing me e-mail, please Sie bitte vor meine E-Mail-Adresse | precede my e-mail address with meinen Vor- und Nachnamen, etwa so: | my full name, like Helmut Waitzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Helmut Waitzmann) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
