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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 1997 15:32:06 +0900 (JST)
From:      bobson@egg.ics.nitech.ac.jp
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   docs/3943: Mistakes in tar.1
Message-ID:  <199706240632.PAA05307@earth.ics.nitech.ac.jp>
Resent-Message-ID: <199706240600.XAA25140@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         3943
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       A mistake of example in tar.1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jun 23 23:00:03 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nobuhiro Itou
>Organization:
Nagoya Institute of Technology
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE
Architecture: i386

>Description:

  The descriptions of example have a mistake in tar.1 which is a manual page.

>How-To-Repeat:

  diff -c original_manual fixed_manual

>Fix:

*** tar.1.orig	Tue Jun 24 14:48:49 1997
--- tar.1	Tue Jun 24 14:48:34 1997
***************
*** 321,327 ****
  .Pp
  To move file hierarchies, use a command line like this:
  .Bd -literal
! tar tar -cf - -C srcdir . | tar xpf - -C destdir
  .Ed
  .Pp
  To create a compressed archive on diskette, using gzip, use a command-line like
--- 321,327 ----
  .Pp
  To move file hierarchies, use a command line like this:
  .Bd -literal
! tar cf - -C srcdir . | tar xpf - -C destdir
  .Ed
  .Pp
  To create a compressed archive on diskette, using gzip, use a command-line like
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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