Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:23:34 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: jhell <jhell@DataIX.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar --unlink ? Message-ID: <20091009152334.GX29215@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20091009072602.GA1896@current.Sisis.de> References: <20091009055817.GA2420@current.Sisis.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910090206530.10588@qvzrafvba.5c.ybpny> <20091009061326.GA2493@current.Sisis.de> <20091009065245.GV29215@dan.emsphone.com> <20091009072602.GA1896@current.Sisis.de>
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In the last episode (Oct 09), Matthias Apitz said:
> El día Friday, October 09, 2009 a las 01:52:45AM -0500, Dan Nelson escribió:
> > > I know the unlink(2) sys call, but what does this --unlink flag in
> > > tar(1) on restore (-x)?
> >
> > It's the same as the -U option, provided for gnutar compatibility.
>
> Thanks for your helping answer. Maybe someone with commit right should
> make a note in the manpage of tar(1). Thanks
There already is a note, at the very end of the manpage:
There are alternative long options for many of the short options that
are deliberately not documented.
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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