Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 07:50:27 +0900 From: k-horik@yk.rim.or.jp To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/7221: tar(1)'s -C and --directory options can be used for creation. Message-ID: <19980709075027F.k-horik@yk.rim.or.jp>
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>Number: 7221
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: tar(1)'s -C and --directory options can be used for creation.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 8 16:00:02 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Kazuo Horikawa
>Organization:
personal user
>Release: FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
.\" $Id: tar.1,v 1.6.2.3 1998/02/15 17:05:30 steve Exp $
>Description:
In tar(1) man page, there is a description about -C and
--directory option as follows.
-C directory
--directory directory Change to directory for extraction.
But, we can use -C and --directory option for creation. For
example, -C option is used for creation in EXAMPLES section.
tar -cf - -C srcdir . | tar xpf - -C destdir
So, how about change the description about -C and --directory
option as follows?
-C directory
--directory directory Change to directory for creation or extraction.
>How-To-Repeat:
% man 1 tar
>Fix:
--- tar.1.orig Wed Jul 8 23:38:15 1998
+++ tar.1 Wed Jul 8 23:57:56 1998
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
.It Fl -directory Ar directory
Change to
.Ar directory
-for extraction.
+for creation or extraction.
.It Fl -checkpoint
Print number of buffer reads/writes while reading/writing the archive.
.It Fl f Ar [hostname:]file
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