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Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 20:31:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: GNU is not tar
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote:

> Tom Samplonius wrote:
> > 
> >   BSD tar was discarded with 4.4, and "replaced" with pax.  BSDI 2.1
> > hardlinks tar to pax.
> > 
> Thanks for the hint.
> The GNU tar bug must be something very stupid, one notation is accepted
> and the other isn't (something like this):
> 
> tar -cbf filename.tar 10 *				Doesn't work !

  Well, this is wrong for a start.  The params are in the wrong order, and
you shouldn't use a "-" with single letter options:

tar cbf 10 filename.tar *

(params in right order, and no "-")

> tar --create --file filename.tar --blocksize 10 *	works! 
> 
> regards,
> 
> 	--Pedro.
> 
> > Tom
> 
> 

Tom