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Using tar to copy/extract in one step

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pneely

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I need to use tar to copy files from one directory and extract them into another directory in one step. I think its done something like this...

tar cvf - . | ????

Any ideas ?

Thanks,
P@
 
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I found the answer...

cd sourcedir ; tar cf - . | (cd destinationdir ; tar xf -)
 
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