Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:31:52 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Romain Garbage <romain.garbage@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdtar --gname switch Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK2dK8cPU=SH_0bp7Zt8HEsz1E3Wvbmzzy_aFg2s9z1gow@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAL5Kp4dzTM5JDYR9o2nV=hFpV9hguFNe1n5tdPNnKWxFC-8Oqw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAL5Kp4dzTM5JDYR9o2nV=hFpV9hguFNe1n5tdPNnKWxFC-8Oqw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Romain Garbage <romain.garbage@gmail.com>wrote: > According to bsdtar(1) manpage, tar has a --gname switch that permits > to set an arbitrary groupname in the tar archive, but: > $ tar -cf test.tar --gname root test.sh > tar: Option --gname is not supported > Usage: > List: tar -tf <archive-filename> > Extract: tar -xf <archive-filename> > Create: tar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...] > Help: tar --help > > I get the same error for --uname and --gid switches. I'm running > 9.0-BETA3 (r226421). Did those switches used to work in previous > releases of FreeBSD ? > No they didn't. I suggest filing a PR and contacting the CURRENT list. -- Adam Vande More
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