Re: [Bug-tar] <red face>About that problem...</red face>

[Paul Eggert]

On 09/14/2010 07:56 PM, Don Gingrich wrote:
> I was not happy about no longer being able to
> use the construct:
> 
> tar cvpf- * | (cd $dest ; tar xpf- )

I'm surprised that this syntax ever worked.
It doesn't work in the oldest version of GNU tar
that I can easily scare up (tar 1.15.1)
and it doesn't work in Solaris 10 tar.
Are you sure that it worked before, with exactly
that spelling?  What version of tar were you using?

Put a space between the "f" and the "-" and it
should work.