[Forwarding to the bug-tar list; originally reported on cygwin] > My info tar mentions --overwrite-dir switch but the tar executable > itself doesn't seem to know anything about it. Is the documentation out > of sync with the executable? > > My installed tar package is 1.15.1-2. > > > Vaclav Haisman
It appears to be a bug in the info documentation. In looking at the source, tar 1.15.1 only supports --no-overwrite-dir and --overwrite. -- Eric Blake volunteer cygwin tar maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
