2 Aug
2006
2 Aug
'06
9:41 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Maybe it's been mentioned (apologies if so), but
can one simply tar using
the printer port as an output device? Capturing the output shouldn't be
too difficult.
Cheers,
Chuck
Good point. I think that tar to a device requires a block device as a
target,
otherwise the tar would have to be staged to the local media, such as a hard
drive or floppy, then streamed out thru a character device.
I mentioned a cpio method, (find . -print|cpio -ov > /dev/lp) (dev may vary)
which would go to either a block or character device.
Jim