>>>>> On Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:36:22 -0800, Paul Eggert said: > > On 2/13/22 08:11, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote: > > Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > >> Man page: tar.1 > >> Issue: archive --> archive itself > >> > >> "%s: file is the archive; not dumped" > > > > FWIW, as a non-native English reader but somewhat experienced tar user, > > I prefer the current message to the change proposed. I think it is > > already clear what "the archive" means. > > Also, I'm not seeing how adding "itself" would lessen confusion much in > situations like this: > > $ tar -cf foo.tar a b c foo.tar d e f g > tar: foo.tar: file is the archive; not dumped > > Perhaps a rewrite of the diagnostic instead? Something like this? > > $ tar -cf foo.tar a b c foo.tar d e f g > tar: foo.tar: archive cannot contain itself; not dumped
Or put the action earlier in the message? $ tar -cf foo.tar a b c foo.tar d e f g tar: file foo.tar not dumped because it is the archive itself $ tar -cf foo.tar a b c foo.tar d e f g tar: not dumping file foo.tar because it is the archive itself __Martin
