Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 20:31:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNU is not tar Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970512202649.6144A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <3377F32D.10DB@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Tom Samplonius wrote: > > > > BSD tar was discarded with 4.4, and "replaced" with pax. BSDI 2.1 > > hardlinks tar to pax. > > > Thanks for the hint. > The GNU tar bug must be something very stupid, one notation is accepted > and the other isn't (something like this): > > tar -cbf filename.tar 10 * Doesn't work ! Well, this is wrong for a start. The params are in the wrong order, and you shouldn't use a "-" with single letter options: tar cbf 10 filename.tar * (params in right order, and no "-") > tar --create --file filename.tar --blocksize 10 * works! > > regards, > > --Pedro. > > > Tom > > Tom
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