Script Help?

[Drew Lane]

Keary Suska wrote:

>>>tar -xzOf $pkg ./control.tar.gz | tar xzOf - ./control | sed -e
>>>"s/^Filename:.*//g" | grep -v '^$' | sed -e "s/^Description:/Filename:
>>>$sed_safe_pkg\\
>>>      
>>>
>>After this line executes (under YDL), it just sits there waiting for input.
>>    
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>What happens when you remove the "-" from the first command options:
>    tar xzOf $pkg ./control.tar.gz
>?
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Doesn't make any difference.

The only way I've been able to get this script working is to put the first
command on a seperate line and write a physical file and then read it in 
on the next line.

I don't understand why the behaviour of tar is different on RH than on YDL?

Drew