Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!acheng From: acheng@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: tar fs copy Message-ID: <13700117@uiucdcs> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 11:57:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.13700117 Posted: Tue Oct 29 11:57:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 02:09:07 EST References: <240@investor.UUCP> Lines: 13 Nf-ID: #R:investor.UUCP:-24000:uiucdcs:13700117:000:365 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