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author | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2013-08-04 19:39:42 +0300 |
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committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2013-08-04 19:40:11 +0300 |
commit | ddff3e9038884e4be634ea3214c66537bd343cc9 (patch) | |
tree | 65ed4884ca778c97a3ae2637fc17c71987789a86 /doc | |
parent | 47560a0498bde20621ce4e367b1d68bf8cd8f1a3 (diff) | |
download | tar-ddff3e9038884e4be634ea3214c66537bd343cc9.tar.gz |
Update the docs.
* doc/tar.texi: Parsing of the options found in the file list
follows the same rules as for command line. Remove the obsolete
description. This complements 26538c9b.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/tar.texi | 48 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi index 5df61b14..26611745 100644 --- a/doc/tar.texi +++ b/doc/tar.texi @@ -7120,45 +7120,6 @@ libc.a @end group @end smallexample -@noindent -@xopindex{directory, using in @option{--files-from} argument} -Notice that the option parsing algorithm used with @option{-T} is -stricter than the one used by shell. Namely, when specifying option -arguments, you should observe the following rules: - -@itemize @bullet -@item -When using short (single-letter) option form, its argument must -immediately follow the option letter, without any intervening -whitespace. For example: @code{-Cdir}. - -@item -When using long option form, the option argument must be separated -from the option by a single equal sign. No whitespace is allowed on -any side of the equal sign. For example: @code{--directory=dir}. - -@item -For both short and long option forms, the option argument can be given -on the next line after the option name, e.g.: - -@smallexample -@group ---directory -dir -@end group -@end smallexample - -@noindent -and - -@smallexample -@group --C -dir -@end group -@end smallexample -@end itemize - @opindex add-file If you happen to have a file whose name starts with @samp{-}, precede it with @option{--add-file} option to prevent it from @@ -7226,10 +7187,11 @@ $ @kbd{find . -size +800 -print0 | This example uses short options for typographic reasons, to avoid very long lines. -@GNUTAR is able to automatically detect @code{NUL}-terminated file lists, so -it is safe to use them even without the @option{--null} option. In -this case @command{tar} will print a warning and continue reading such -a file as if @option{--null} were actually given: +@GNUTAR is tries to automatically detect @code{NUL}-terminated file +lists, so in many cases it is safe to use them even without the +@option{--null} option. In this case @command{tar} will print a +warning and continue reading such a file as if @option{--null} were +actually given: @smallexample @group |