On 07/13/15 21:54, jd1008 wrote: > On 07/13/2015 08:43 PM, g wrote: <<<>>> >> ok. you have now thrown in *pipe* and process *un-tar*. >> >> are you using tar to pass files to target and have them end up as separate >> files, or as a single archive file? >> >> ria, all i see in your original post is "tar -C /sdc1 -xpvf" which would >> indicate archiving to a single file. oops. -x = extract. >> just what is your actual command line? >> >> > tar cf - BigDirArchive | tar -C /sdc1 -xpvf - > ok. that does make for better understanding. i stopped using tar years ago in favor of cpio, which has more advantages, when i was using tape for archiving. works well with usb memory and usb hdd drives. in fact, when i archive paths between hdd partitions or drives, i use cpio instead of "cp -R". to perform same using cpio, command line would be; find path2BigDirArchive -depth -print0 | sort | cpio -p -adm /sdc1 or find . -depth -print0 | sort | cpio -p -adm /sdc1 in above, "-p" is 'copy-pass mode', equivalent to "|" and "-x" in tar. because you are having response time issues with usb, i believe you will find cpio to be more favorable than using tar. -- peace out. -+- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
