Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:50:42 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ports database Message-ID: <20100829125042.GB91865@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20100828203618.45fd6be8.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <874453.45134.qm@web52302.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20100826215346.7aaba141.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100828170745.GA88025@guilt.hydra> <20100828203618.45fd6be8.freebsd@edvax.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 08:36:18PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:07:45 -0600, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > > > > Is that supposed to say this? > > > > tar -cf ports.tar /usr/port > > I think the - infront of the options string isn't neccessary for > tar, but it's optional in this case. So it is. All these years, I've completely overlooked the COMPATIBILITY section of the tar manpage. Thanks for the wake-up call. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkx6V6IACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXVyQCgk6kFByi6v3/0gE6huduGzg2l msAAoKNh1Vtxc+3BPtcG/h4PYJ9dCw/5 =v2G/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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