double oops. my thinking and typing were out of sync. On 07/13/15 23:16, g wrote: > 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 - >> should have read: > ok. that does make for better understanding. as a suggestion; > 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
