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Date:      Mon, 12 May 1997 22:01:00 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
Cc:        Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GNU is not tar
Message-ID:  <199705130401.WAA19502@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <3377F32D.10DB@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.94.970512180204.6097B-100000@misery.sdf.com> <3377F32D.10DB@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>

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> 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 !
> tar --create --file filename.tar --blocksize 10 *	works! 

Umm, how about:

tar -cbf 10 filename.tar *

The order is important. :)


Nate



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