Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: gnu/4385: un- and unclearly documented options in tar Message-ID: <199708270800.BAA17911@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/4385; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats@freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: gnu/4385: un- and unclearly documented options in tar Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:36:17 +0200 (MESZ) > >Category: gnu > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >Synopsis: un- and unclearly documented options in tar > >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 25 18:10:01 PDT 1997 Unfortunately, when reading on my xterm some errors that I had introduced slipped through. Fixing two more inconsistencies I attached a patch to the already patched (patch from gnu/4385) tar.1, again relative to /usr/src. Sorry, Robert --- gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1.lvl1 Tue Aug 26 22:55:53 1997 +++ gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 Tue Aug 26 23:25:58 1997 @@ -131,5 +131,7 @@ .It Fl b .It Fl -block-size Ar number -Sets the block size for reading or writing to N 512-byte blocks. +Sets the block size for reading or writing to +.Ar number +* 512-byte blocks. .It Fl B .It Fl -read-full-blocks @@ -194,5 +196,7 @@ .It Fl L Ar number .It Fl -tape-length Ar number -Change tapes after writing N*1024 bytes. +Change tapes after writing +.Ar number +* 1024 bytes. .It Fl m .It Fl -modification-time @@ -254,12 +258,13 @@ .It Fl -totals Prints total bytes written with -.It Fl -create. +.Fl -create. .It Fl v .It Fl -verbose Lists files written to archive with -.It Fl -create or extracted with -.It Fl -extract; +.Fl -create +or extracted with +.Fl -extract; lists file protection information along with file names with -.It Fl -list. +.Fl -list. .It Fl V Ar volume-name .It Fl -label Ar volume-name -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de
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