Jeremy Huntwork wrote these words on 08/28/05 11:20 CST: > Indeed. But I had thought that there had been a technically correct > reason for including that. Anyone care to refresh my memory?
Bruce usually summarizes this one up really well. As you Jeremy, I've forgotten the exact details, but there is some technical reason why it is used. I do know from personal experience that if you use multiple switches, then it *does* become mandatory. For example, using the -C switch the '-' is mandatory. This works: tar xf somefile.tar.gz -C /somewhere This would not work: tar xf somefile.tar.gz C /somewhere So, perhaps it is for consistency sake more than technical. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 11:25:00 up 148 days, 10:58, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.37, 0.57 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
