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Re: Long running tar command

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From: Roman Perepelitsa <roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Long running tar command
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 13:29:00 +0200
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On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:53 AM Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> A litte more tweaking is necessary to make
> sure "dest.tar" already exists when tail is executed:
>
>   tar -c ... -f dest.tar ... & sleep 1; tail ...

Note this line in Bart's code:

  : assure dest.tar exists and is empty >! dest.tar

This is code, not a comment, and it is necessary for the following
commands to work.

Roman

References:
- Long running tar command
  - From: Dominik Vogt
- Re: Long running tar command
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Long running tar command
  - From: Dominik Vogt

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