Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:16:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system Message-ID: <slrnd4gigi.10fm.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <42483DF1.7090805@elischer.org> <200503281728.j2SHSbcX031848@realtime.exit.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-28, Frank Mayhar scribbled these curious markings: > Julian Elischer wrote: >> bsdtar supports -C.. >> >> what in the above line doesn't work? > > I think he just wants that example to live in the bsdtar manpage, as it > (apparently) did in the gtar manpage. It doesn't? As in /usr/src/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1, rev 1.20.2.2: .It Fl C Ar directory In c and r mode, this changes the directory before adding the following files. In x mode, change directories after opening the archive but before extracting entries from the archive. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCSEoSk/lo7zvzJioRAobIAJ0cPYJVxlHTgCRonegbeGmYIyOCMQCfcIVs B8pHaNBgHZ7sjb6xAywgfDE= =Ezt6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.
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