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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