Subject: Re: How to update a running system?
To: None <chammer@HRZ.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
From: Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM>
List: current-users
Date: 09/23/1996 09:08:40 
On Mon, 23 Sep 1996 chammer@HRZ.Uni-Bielefeld.DE wrote:

> Is there a easy way to update a running system?
> If i just untar a distribution i do not update all 
> running programs.

Use tar's --unlink option.  For example:

	tar -xzpf base.tar.gz --unlink

--scott