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>Number:         5283
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Tar man page does not match program
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 12 16:40:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Colin Jensen
>Organization:
Accom, Inc.
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Environment:
>Description:
Tar manual documents the --norecurse option.  The tar program disavows all
knowledge about the --norecurse option.

>How-To-Repeat:
%cd /tmp
%mkdir sample
%touch sample/file
%tar -cv -f sample.tar --norecurse sample
tar: unrecognized option `--norecurse'
tar: Unknown option.  Use 'tar --help' for a complete list of options.

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: