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Date:      Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:04:04 -0800
From:      Micah <micahjon@ywave.com>
To:        Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is the M in tar Mcvf
Message-ID:  <43AF2564.1020208@ywave.com>
In-Reply-To: <d9d7f5a0512251330h65726133r7a74a68e2bb6ebf8@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <d9d7f5a0512251330h65726133r7a74a68e2bb6ebf8@mail.gmail.com>

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Teo De Las Heras wrote:
> I looked through the man pages and online, but I can't find information on
> what the M is for in 'tar Mcvf'.  I constantly see this as a way to archive
> / backup files.
> 
> Teo

That's a gnu tar option, not a bsd tar option.  I did a google for gnu 
tar man and got http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/tar.1.html which 
will explain it.

HTH,
Micah



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