Re: [dev] [sbase] [PATCH] tar: support -f - as stdin/out

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From: Dmitrij D. Czarkoff <czarkoff_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 22:10:50 +0200

Nick said:
> Is - as a stdin/stdout file actually used many places? Because it
> seems awfully weird to do:
>
> zcat < a.tar.gz | tar -t -f -
>
> rather than
>
> zcat < a.tar.gz | tar -t

On OpenBSD without "-f" tar opens /dev/rst0 or whatever TAPE is set to.

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Dmitrij D. Czarkoff

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