On 23/08/03 04:26PM, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 11:05:16AM -0400, aisha wrote: > > On 23/08/03 10:51AM, aisha wrote: > > > On 23/08/03 09:45AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > On 2023/08/03 07:23, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 05:52:02PM -0400, aisha wrote:
> yes, thanks! ok. > > but you should change the text from > > Create a gzip(1) compressed archive ... to a file called... > to > Create a gzip(1) compressed archive, called XXX, containing the > files ... > > as i suggested, because the syntax "create ... to a file" reads badly. > Thanks, fixed. OK? Index: tar.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/pax/tar.1,v retrieving revision 1.64 diff -u -p -r1.64 tar.1 --- tar.1 31 Mar 2022 17:27:14 -0000 1.64 +++ tar.1 3 Aug 2023 16:14:11 -0000 @@ -331,16 +331,16 @@ and .Pp .Dl $ tar c bonvole sekve .Pp -Output a +Create a .Xr gzip 1 -compressed archive containing the files +compressed archive, called +.Pa foriru.tar.gz , +containing the files .Pa bonvole and -.Pa sekve -to a file called -.Pa foriru.tar.gz : +.Pa sekve : .Pp -.Dl $ tar zcf foriru.tar.gz bonvole sekve +.Dl $ tar czf foriru.tar.gz bonvole sekve .Pp Verbosely create an archive, called .Pa backup.tar.gz , @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ of all files matching the shell function .Pa *.c : .Pp -.Dl $ tar zcvf backup.tar.gz *.c +.Dl $ tar cvzf backup.tar.gz *.c .Pp Verbosely list, but do not extract, all files ending in .Pa .jpeg @@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ from a compressed archive named Note that the glob pattern has been quoted to avoid expansion by the shell: .Pp .Dl $ tar tvzf backup.tar.gz '*.jpeg' +.Pp +Verbosely extract an archive, called +.Pa foo.tar.gz , +to the directory +.Pa /var/foo : +.Pp +.Dl $ tar xvzf foo.tar.gz -C /var/foo .Pp For more detailed examples, see .Xr pax 1 .
