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Date:      Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:05:14 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: typo/error in the handbook
Message-ID:  <20020924090514.GA1480@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020923222653.2beb5bec.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <3D8EFAE0.E9376ACC@phc.net> <20020923182230.GA17003@submonkey.net> <20020923222653.2beb5bec.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 10:26:53PM -0400, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> Shouldn't it be:
> 
> # cat /cdrom/src/ssys.[a-d]* | tar xzvf -

Well...

Both work, and the manpage uses both forms.
Both work on Solaris, but the manpage only mentions the form above.

I personally always use the form above because I'm lazy, and for that
same reason I'm loathe to change this now, but please go ahead if you
feel that way inclined.

Ceri

> > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 01:28:32PM +0200, peter lazar wrote:
> > > in 9.3, building a custom kernel
> > > instead of
> > > 
> > > 	# cat /cdrom/src/ssys.[a-d]* | tar -xzvf
> > > 
> > > there should be
> > > 
> > > 	# cat /cdrom/src/ssys.[a-d]* | tar -xzvf -
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