> >> >i also tried:>> >use my_db; >> >select * from my_table; >> > >> >so when i try shell> mysql --pager < test1 | tar x >> > >> >the tar file does not get written to /usr/local/test1 but i still dont >> >get my untared files? write permissions are ok? >> >what am i missing? >> >> Have you verified that the mysql command actually writes any output, for >> example, with this command: >> > > shell> mysql --pager < test1 | wc >> >> Do you get any output from tar at all, such as an error message? >> Maybe the output from mysql isn't suitable. Couple of things to try: >> >The output from mysql seems fine because when it does write the value >of my blob I get a well formatted tar file, >I'm thinking that maybe tar cannot handle a stream as it's input?
That may be. In that case, you should invoke tar as
tar xf -
I have tried tar xf but tar gives me an error, it wants a file specified.
But I didn't say to use "tar xf". I said to use "tar xf -". That dash is highly significant. It means "The file to read is the standard input".
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