On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 12:27:09 -0400, "ill...@gmail.com" <ill...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3 June 2010 11:11, Chip Camden <sterl...@camdensoftware.com> wrote: > > On Jun 03 2010 10:03, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On 3 June 2010 07:42, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote: > >> > Depends on WHAT you want to stop - the illness or just its symptoms. :-) > >> > > >> > If it's just about symptoms, redirect the error messages into > >> > nirvana. > >> > > >> > tar [opts] [file] 1>/dev/null 2>&1 > >> > > >> > If you want to remove the REASON for "tar: Removing leading '/' > >> > from member names", you need to re-create the archives and > >> > start archiving from a relative point (instead of from an > >> > absolute one), e. g. > >> > > >> > # cd / > >> > # tar cvf etc.tar etc/ > >> > > >> > (lazy man's method) instead of > >> > > >> > # tar cvf etc.tar /etc/ > >> > > >> > The extraction of the archive will usually start in the > >> > current directory, so > >> > > >> > # cd /usr/local/bin > >> > # tar xvf etc.tar > >> > > >> > won't give you an etc/ subtree in /usr/local/bin directory. > >> > > >> > >> tar -cvf - ./ -C / > /dev/null > >> ? > >> > > I can't help wondering why the 'v' option is being specified, unless > > /dev/null needs more playing time. > > Reflex, but you're right, it shouldn't be in there.
Your tenmelonhundredgigahertz plentycore machines have to process useless amounts of data to be discarded, or they wouldn't be worth their price. :-) Seriously, pure reflex. No -v needed here as you are not interested in monitoring the process. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
