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From: acheng@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: tar fs copy
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Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 11:57:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 11:57:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!acheng    Oct 29 10:57:00 1985


>> Our 4.2 version of tar.c doesnot have a -C option nor does the man page
>> says so.
>
>Wanna bet?  Here's the relevant page, snatched from "/usr/man/man/tar.1"
>right off the 4.2 tape:
>...
>
Due to temporary senility, I didnot read the whole man page before
hitting the keyboard.  Yes, the -C option is described black and
white in the man page.

=albert cheng