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. -- 0A 0D 0A 2D 2D 20 0D 0A 44 6F 6D 69 6E 69 6B 20 ...-- ..Dominik 4C 75 70 69 6E 73 6B 69 20 2F 2F 20 79 68 70 78 Lupinski // yhpx 40 61 6C 70 68 61 2E 6E 65 74 2E 70 6C 0D 0A 2E @alpha.net.pl... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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