Subject: Re: sun-lamp CVS commits
To: Gordon Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.medford.ma.us>
List: current-users
Date: 10/04/1995 18:50:42 
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> but not have to store the tar images locally.  Would this work?
> 
> 	# mkfifo /dev/pipe
> 	# tar xfp /dev/pipe &
> 	# ftp ...
> 	ftp> get some_tar_image /dev/pipe

Actually:

	# ftp ...
	ftp> get some_tar_image "|tar xfp -"

will do the trick without the need for a FIFO..

						- Bill


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