> Coming in the middle of this thread, so slap me if I'm off base here.
> tar will accept standard in as:
>
> tar -cf -
>
> the '-f -' says take input.
That would be to write to stdout :) I can't figure out how to accept from
stdin :(
-f is where the send the output, either a file, a device (such as tape) or
stdout (aka '-')
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