From 69887e9d26d3cd4bab819ff8027aa2f1c5ba48aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart Nagel Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 11:46:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] tar: fix mnemonic for f (#5859) Before this patch the document suggested that the `f` allows the user to list some files to extract or insert to the archive. This patch fixes that: the `f` allows an archive file to be specified. Without it the archive would be read from or written to stdout. --- pages/common/tar.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/common/tar.md b/pages/common/tar.md index 8a973b39a..959a90e15 100644 --- a/pages/common/tar.md +++ b/pages/common/tar.md @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ > Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip2. > More information: . -- [c]reate an archive from [f]iles: +- [c]reate an archive and write it to a [f]ile: `tar cf {{target.tar}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` -- [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive from [f]iles: +- [c]reate a g[z]ipped archive and write it to a [f]ile: `tar czf {{target.tar.gz}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ `tar xf {{source.tar[.gz|.bz2|.xz]}} --directory={{directory}}` -- [c]reate a compressed archive from [f]iles, using [a]rchive suffix to determine the compression program: +- [c]reate a compressed archive and write it to a [f]ile, using [a]rchive suffix to determine the compression program: `tar caf {{target.tar.xz}} {{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}` @@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ `tar tvf {{source.tar}}` -- E[x]tract [f]iles matching a pattern: +- E[x]tract files matching a pattern from an archive [f]ile: `tar xf {{source.tar}} --wildcards "{{*.html}}"`