From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 28 18:18:16 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FDE16A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:18:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27AE943D2D for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:18:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DFyn1-00043x-5l for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:16:39 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:16:39 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:16:39 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:16:05 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <42483DF1.7090805@elischer.org> <200503281728.j2SHSbcX031848@realtime.exit.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: Heads up: gtar gone from base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:18:16 -0000 -----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.