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I guess then that I can do the same thing the other way around? from my HDD to an external device?

Noxbru
– Noxbru

2017-01-31 13:49:12 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 13:49
@Noxbru Absolutely.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2017-01-31 13:49:39 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 13:49
@Kusalalanda Seems that this will be the way to go... does gzip/tar have a progress bar or I should use 'pv' ?

Noxbru
– Noxbru

2017-01-31 13:52:23 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 13:52
@Noxbru There is no progress bar. You would have to pipe the output from zcat archive.gz into pv and then on to tar xvf -.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2017-01-31 13:53:31 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 13:53
So: go to my external device, zcat /path/to/file/in/HDD.gz | pv | tar xvf - ?

Noxbru
– Noxbru

2017-01-31 14:00:27 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 14:00

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