From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 12 20:54:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA26823 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 12 May 1997 20:54:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cais.cais.com (root@cais.com [199.0.216.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA26817 for ; Mon, 12 May 1997 20:54:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [205.252.122.1]) by cais.cais.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA28762; Mon, 12 May 1997 23:54:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [205.252.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA19312; Mon, 12 May 1997 23:54:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 23:54:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Tom Samplonius cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNU is not tar In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 May 1997, Tom Samplonius wrote: > > 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: That's not true, the "-" is optional. Man page: The first argument word of the tar command line is usually a command word of bundled function and modifier letters, optionally preceded by a dash; I think you're right about the argument ordering, tho. > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------