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From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de>
Subject: Re: gnu/4385: un- and unclearly documented options in tar
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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
 
 
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