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- *** /usr/man/man1/oldtar.1 Mon Jun 27 00:35:14 1983
- --- tar.1 Wed Jul 24 12:28:29 1985
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- *** 78,84
- .I tar
- does its work silently. The
- .B v
- ! (verbose) option make
- .I tar
- type the name of each file it treats preceded by the function
- letter. With the
-
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- .I tar
- does its work silently. The
- .B v
- ! (verbose) option makes
- .I tar
- type the name of each file it treats preceded by the function
- letter. With the
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- *** 95,101
- .B f
- .I Tar
- uses the next argument as the name of the archive instead of
- ! /dev/rmt?. If the name of the file is `\-', tar writes to standard output or
- reads from standard input, whichever is appropriate. Thus,
- .I tar
- can be used as the head or tail of a filter chain.
-
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- .B f
- .I Tar
- uses the next argument as the name of the archive instead of
- ! /dev/rmt?.
- ! .sp
- ! If the file name has the form
- ! .IR system [. user ]:/dev/???
- ! .I tar
- ! will use the tape drive /dev/??? on the remote system
- ! .IR system ,
- ! via
- ! .IR rsh (1),
- ! and
- ! .IR rmt (8).
- ! The optional
- ! .I user
- ! portion of the pathname specifies the login name to use on the
- ! remote system.
- ! If it is not supplied, the current user's login name will be used.
- ! In all the cases, the user must have the appropriate
- ! permissions on the remote machine, in order to use this facility.
- ! .sp
- ! If the name of the file is `\-', tar writes to standard output or
- reads from standard input, whichever is appropriate. Thus,
- .I tar
- can be used as the head or tail of a filter chain.
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- *** 179,181
- The current limit on file name length is 100 characters.
- .br
- There is no way to selectively follow symbolic links.
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- The current limit on file name length is 100 characters.
- .br
- There is no way to selectively follow symbolic links.
- + .br
- + Using a remote system's tape drive can be slow.
-