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- From: aclark@netcom.com (Al Clark)
- Subject: Re: Corrupt 'tar' man page
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.004930.6794@netcom.com>
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- References: <1io8dqINNrc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1993Jan10.060026.10328@nwnexus.WA.COM> <1993Jan10.134826.23887@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 00:49:30 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan10.134826.23887@klaava.Helsinki.FI> wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
- >
- >If anybody writes a tar man page, and wants it to be included in the
- >Linux Doc set (when that becomes ready in a few years), send me a note
- >and I'll direct you to the person who coordinates the man pages and
- >other program specific documentation (I don't have his name handy at
- >the moment, sorry).
- >
- >--
- >Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi (finger wirzeniu@klaava.helsinki.fi)
- >
- As a matter of fact, I installed gnu tar on a couple of commercial
- systems, and they wanted man pages, so I generated two: tar.1 covers
- operation of tar, as usual, and tar.5 covers the file formats.
- They are both modifications of FSF documentation, which I modified
- to match the commercial environment. Of course, the FSF copyright still
- applies. I then re-modified for my own use with linux (changing the
- name from gnutar to tar). Use at your own risk, but I think they
- are accurate. I included some examples early in tar.1 cause I think
- examples are one of the best ways of starting to learn a tool.
-
- I loaded them in /pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/incoming (I think that is
- correct), and dropped a note to arl@cs.hut.fi. I understand he will
- move the files to the correct place:
- /pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/doc-project on nic.funet.fi
- which is where others can find them.
-
- Enjoy.
-
- Al
- --
- Al - aclark@netcom.com - My opinions are my own.
-