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author | David E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-24 10:52:23 +0000 |
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committer | David E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-24 10:52:23 +0000 |
commit | d6e3a23dbcae64e21cec312f7db166a380489b33 (patch) | |
tree | 89c3ebc0aa638af3ee42275a4c0c092f9812a6dc /gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 | |
parent | 3d0dea2a758396c30338942a2724491c6883caaa (diff) | |
download | src-d6e3a23dbcae64e21cec312f7db166a380489b33.tar.gz src-d6e3a23dbcae64e21cec312f7db166a380489b33.zip |
Clean up the -j/-y/--bzip entry in usage().
Add the -U and --unlink-first options which are the offical verions of our
--unlink localism.
Add support for the "TAR_OPTIONS" environmental variable.
Obtained from: GNU tar 1.13.18
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=70327
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 index ce6a8df16b0c..60fd20a91fa0 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 @@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ to expect null-terminated names; disables .It Fl -totals Prints total bytes written with .Fl -create. +.It Fl U +.It Fl -unlink +.It Fl -unlink-first +Unlink files before creating them. .It Fl v .It Fl -verbose Lists files written to archive with @@ -319,9 +323,14 @@ Block the output of compression program for tapes or floppies (otherwise writes will be of odd length, which device drivers may reject). .It Fl [0-7][lmh] Specify tape drive and density. -.It Fl -unlink -Unlink files before creating them. .El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +The environment variable +.Ev TAR_OPTIONS +can hold a set of default options for +.Nm . +These options are interpreted first and can be overwritten by explicit command +line parameters. .Sh EXAMPLES To create an archive on tape drive /dev/rsa0 with a block size of 20 blocks, containing files named "bert" and "ernie", you can enter |