Hi, > The first detail where I would like to verify my understanding is the > reason why this feature was introduced in the first place. I'm assuming > that the expected use case is to access remote tape device, which I can > do even without the feature via pipe something like: > > $ tar cf - something | ssh remotehost "cat > /dev/sr0"
I use this often. But one should set: set -o pipefail as an error in `tar` gets undetected otherwise (or check the written archives afterwards). -- Reuti
