Unix Programmers Manual Volume 1 Bell Labs

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Post #141,262 by boxley 2/11/04 7:55:42 PM Reply	Unix Programmers Manual Volume 1 Bell Labs off the shelf tar xvf no - required so perhaps its a bsdish thingey. I am running a bsdish thingey so man tar NAME tar - tape archiver SYNOPSIS tar [-]{crtux}[befhmopvwzHLPXZ014578] [archive] [blocksize] [-C directory ] [-s replstr ] file1 [file2...] DESCRIPTION The tar command creates, adds files to, or extracts files from an archive file in tar format. A tar archive is often stored on a magnetic tape, but can be a floppy or a regular disk file. One of the following flags must be present: -c Create new archive, or overwrite an existing archive, adding the specified files to it. -r Append the named new files to existing archive. Note that this will only work on media on which an end-of-file mark can be overwritten. *************** must be the LSD thanx, bill and everywhere the great Curse of the New World, the American Child, in all its raucous, spoiled, undiciplined, selfish ghastliness, the female specimens keeping up an incessant high-pitched whine and the male infants racketing like cowpokes on payday. There's nothing wrong with grown Americans, by and large you wont find heartier men or bonnier women anywhere, but the only remedy I can see for the children is to run Herod for President. Sir Harold Flashman esquire VC OBE questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #141,275 by a6l6e6x 2/11/04 8:27:20 PM Reply	Re: Unix Programmers Manual Volume 1 Bell Labs Perhaps the clue is here: One of the following flags must be present in other words, it's not exactly optional - you must provide a flag! Since you must provide a flag, a "-" would be redundant and possibly confusing by implying the flag was optional. Alex The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. -- Plutarch
Post #141,292 by boxley 2/11/04 10:10:26 PM Reply	My edition is 1979 and doesnt state that? what edition are you using? Mine is the manual issued by bell labs, thanx, bill and everywhere the great Curse of the New World, the American Child, in all its raucous, spoiled, undiciplined, selfish ghastliness, the female specimens keeping up an incessant high-pitched whine and the male infants racketing like cowpokes on payday. There's nothing wrong with grown Americans, by and large you wont find heartier men or bonnier women anywhere, but the only remedy I can see for the children is to run Herod for President. Sir Harold Flashman esquire VC OBE questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #141,300 by deSitter 2/11/04 10:35:17 PM Reply	Re: Unix Programmers Manual Volume 1 Bell Labs Good find, my theory is the dash says - beyond this point be tape-drive specific dragons... -drl
Post #141,336 by pwhysall 2/12/04 3:11:11 AM 2/12/04 3:13:29 AM Reply	No it doesn't. See CRC's answer above. Also, [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/info2www?file=/usr/share/info/tar.info.gz\|http://guildenstern..../info/tar.info.gz] Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home Page - Now with added Zing!] Edited by pwhysall Feb. 12, 2004, 03:13:29 AM EST Expand All History
Post #141,446 by Arkadiy 2/12/04 1:18:59 PM Reply	Dash by itself is meaningless in tar Just another file name to add to archive, I think. Dash as an argument to -f means "direct the output to stdout" (or take input from stdin) Ofcourse, CRC's man page said it all already. $ tar cf - - tar: -: Cannot stat: No such file or directory $ tar cf - test.c $ tar cf - test.c test.c 0100644 0027153 0024461 00000000063 10012711566 012563 0 ustar belousa mkgroup-l-d main(){ puts(strcat("This is a test", "crap")); } -- "...and pronounce all four E's in the word 'shit'"

Question for heads - (deSitter) - (23) - Feb. 11, 2004, 07:23:31 PM EST

Probably because the dash IS an option on its own, to tar? -NT - (CRConrad) - (16) - Feb. 11, 2004, 07:32:41 PM EST

Nice try, but - (deSitter) - (15) - Feb. 11, 2004, 07:45:55 PM EST

No, for many (most?) old commands, that's DOUBLE dash. (*) - (CRConrad) - (14) - Feb. 11, 2004, 07:57:44 PM EST

Re: No, for many (most?) old commands, that's DOUBLE dash. ( - (deSitter) - (13) - Feb. 11, 2004, 08:04:28 PM EST

WTF is "bash"?!? - (CRConrad) - (12) - Feb. 11, 2004, 08:37:13 PM EST

Bzzt, wrong. - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Feb. 11, 2004, 08:49:13 PM EST

Go buy a sense of humour, nitwit. - (CRConrad) - (1) - Feb. 12, 2004, 02:43:29 AM EST

I recognize *funny* jokes perfectly well - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 12, 2004, 01:27:00 PM EST

Re: WTF is "bash"?!? - (deSitter) - (8) - Feb. 11, 2004, 08:53:19 PM EST

blow me read the quoted man pages I cited!!! - (boxley) - (5) - Feb. 11, 2004, 10:13:04 PM EST

Re: blow me read the quoted man pages I cited!!! - (deSitter) - (4) - Feb. 11, 2004, 10:32:08 PM EST

also notice the description of the flags - (boxley) - (3) - Feb. 11, 2004, 10:38:08 PM EST

Re: also notice the description of the flags - (deSitter) - (2) - Feb. 11, 2004, 11:38:03 PM EST

/me/bangs head on floor - (boxley) - (1) - Feb. 11, 2004, 11:43:13 PM EST

s'one send email to ESR or Moen -NT - (deSitter) - Feb. 11, 2004, 11:57:06 PM EST

Then shut the f...heck up and listen, f...numbskull! - (CRConrad) - (1) - Feb. 12, 2004, 03:07:08 AM EST

jEEEz -NT - (deSitter) - Feb. 12, 2004, 03:26:27 AM EST

Unix Programmers Manual Volume 1 Bell Labs - (boxley) - (5) - Feb. 11, 2004, 07:55:42 PM EST

Re: Unix Programmers Manual Volume 1 Bell Labs - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Feb. 11, 2004, 08:27:20 PM EST

My edition is 1979 and doesnt state that? what edition are - (boxley) - Feb. 11, 2004, 10:10:26 PM EST

Re: Unix Programmers Manual Volume 1 Bell Labs - (deSitter) - (2) - Feb. 11, 2004, 10:35:17 PM EST

No it doesn't. - (pwhysall) - Feb. 12, 2004, 03:13:29 AM EST

Dash by itself is meaningless in tar - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 12, 2004, 01:18:59 PM EST

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