Re: [Bug-tar] Little mistyping

[Helmut Waitzmann]

Jean-François Chabot <address@hidden> writes:

>Just to let you know that while reading the pdf document "GNU tar", i found a
>little mistake inside the document.
>At page 16 of the PDF, teh example told : $ tar cfv archive /etc/mail.
>But this would not create an archive file named "archive" but one named "v",
>like you told at page 13 "...In this case, tar will make an archive file 

[ called `v',..." ]

I haven't got the PDF document, but I think, the command

$ tar cfv archive /etc/mail

(because it uses the old option style) should create an archive file
named "archive", whereas

$ tar -cfv archive /etc/mail

(note the difference:  It uses the short option style) should create an
archive file named "v", as is the case with my GNU tar:

$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.15.91
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

As far as I can see, the example in the PDF document is correct.

What's the behavior of your version of GNU tar?
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