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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 2002 04:13:13 +0200
From:      Dominik Lupinski <yhpx@alpha.net.pl>
To:        Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what does the 'f' option do with the tar and jar commands?
Message-ID:  <20020418041313.A5204@ember.rtk-local>
In-Reply-To: <20020418014312.16524.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 06:43:12PM -0700
References:  <4.2.0.58.20020417201006.00964c60@pop.netzero.net> <20020418014312.16524.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 06:43:12PM -0700, Bsd Neophyte wrote:

[...]
> tar
> f- Specifices the archivefile or tape device.  The default tape device is
> /dev/rmt/0.
[...]
> jar
[...]
> The jar command sends the data to the screen if the "f" option is not used.
[...]

> can someone explain this to me?  from what I gather you have to use the f
> option to tell it that the following filename or location is where you
> want to store (or is it copy) the archived file? 

  Correct
  
> now what happens if you don't specify a location for either command?

  Can't you just try? :) Or read again what is written in the manual. You have
  already quoted answer to your question.

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