2 GiB file limit and pipes

[gmkeegan at yahoo.com (Gordon Keegan)]

I ran into this same thing a couple years back.  What
would happen is <new_vol_root> specifies a particular
file or directory to pick out of the tar source, not
a destination to untar into.  What you want instead is
something like:

    tar -cf - <old_root> | ( cd <new_root>; tar -xf -)

Gordon

--- "E. Wiliam Horne" <bill at horne.net> wrote:
> 
> In other words, if I do 
> 
> tar cf - <old_volume_root> | tar xf -
> <new_volume_root>, would that
> avoid the 2 GiB barrier?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Bill Horne
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