First off, I'd like to state that i do NOT have a problem. I just want to achieve a better understanding. So you don't need to tell me workarounds, as i have already found one.
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Originally Posted by
thegeek
Before that why you would want to tar and check the integrity, better you can do by reading all the files !!
This is exactly what i was expecting tar to do: read all the files.
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Originally Posted by
methyl
The parameter after "-f" is the archive filename. A value of "-" when there is no pipeline has no sensible meaning
Sorry, but this is simply not true: the dash as a filename is signifying <stdout> and if i use a redirection or a pipeline to manipulate tars output further should make no difference.
In fact (as i have stated in my first post) the command worked the way i wrote it when i used a real file (instead of /dev/null) as output destination. It is this inconsistency - the command reading all the files when a real file is the destination and not working, when the destination is /dev/null - i want to understand.
bakunin