Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 18:59:51 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien@antares.aero.org>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: tar --help Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950528185819.4110B-100000@leo> In-Reply-To: <199505240320.UAA21010@ref.tfs.com>
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On Tue, 23 May 1995, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
> I'm SURE we've had tar man-pages written before..
We do:
TAR(1) UNIX Reference Manual TAR(1)
NAME
tar - tape archiver; manipulate "tar" archive files
SYNOPSIS
tar [[-]] [bundled-options] [[gnu-style-flags]] [tarfile] [blocksize]
[exclude-file] [filenames] [-C directory-name]
[...]
HISTORY
The tar format has a rich history, dating back to Sixth Edition UNIX.
The current implementation of tar is the GNU implementation, which origi-
nated as the public-domain tar written by John Gilmore.
AUTHORS
A cast of thousands, including [as listed in the ChangeLog file in the
source] John Gilmore (author of original public domain version), Jay Fen-
lason (first GNU author), Joy Kendall, Jim Kingdon, David J. MacKenzie,
Michael I Bushnell, Noah Friedman, and innumerable others who have con-
tributed fixes and additions.
Obtained by the FreeBSD group from the NetBSD 1.0 release.
[...]
FreeBSD 6 August 1994 5
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Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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