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2001-02-10Replace -T flag with more standard -I flag and make it work as a standardTodd C. Miller
argument (and thus work as in the 'packed' option form) as well as a positional argument. Our -T flag was basically equivalent to -I but different from gnutar's -T so -T gets thrown out.
2001-02-07Fix -T option and add support for -C option in the file pointed toTodd C. Miller
by -T ala GNU tar. Based on a patch from woods@proven.weird.com; Closes PR #1664
2001-02-07Honor TMPDIR environment variable and document the fact.Todd C. Miller
2001-02-05fix SYNOPSIS line; extra -Theo de Raadt
2000-11-09- Some section shuffling: conform to the standard order documented in mdoc(7)Aaron Campbell
- .Sh AUTHOR -> .Sh AUTHORS
2000-11-09Insert some missing commas.Aaron Campbell
2000-10-18remention -TEric Jackson
2000-10-07remove non-existant T optionEric Jackson
2000-03-17Remove hard sentence breaks.Aaron Campbell
1999-08-16more precise SYNOPSIS syntaxAaron Campbell
1999-07-28Add -T support, ala GNU-tar.Marc Espie
1999-07-04New: tar -q option (for quick)Marc Espie
same as pax -n. Useful for packages.
1998-12-15always give .Nm macros an argument in SYNOPSIS sections; krw@tcn.netAaron Campbell
1998-12-02cleanup/update synopsisAaron Campbell
1998-11-06use .Dq/.Sq macros instead of `` ''s and ` 's (think typesetting and futureAaron Campbell
processing); kill redundant .Pp macros; other misc fixes
1998-09-23alphabetize SEE ALSO entries and numerically order according to sectionAaron Campbell
1998-09-14First complete sweep of man pages, bin/. Command/function names previouslyAaron Campbell
(incorrectly) capatilized are fixed. Comma splices, hyphenations, SYNOPSIS cleanups, other miscellaneous typos.
1998-03-31only preserve uid/gid if -p. This is unlike traditional tar but more like gtarTodd C. Miller
1998-03-03Correct -x and -p flags to be more like traditional tar and makeTodd C. Miller
the man page reflect reality. The -p flag only preserves the file mode (irrespective of umask) if possible. The -x flag tries to set user/group, mtime, and mode.
1997-05-29Fix -o option and add -O.Todd C. Miller
1997-04-16Change rmt -> rst and use _PATH_DEFTAPE as default file if none isTodd C. Miller
specified.
1997-04-09Fix typos. Pointed out by Carsten Hammer <chammer@post.uni-bielefeld.de>Todd C. Miller
1997-04-06Remove old -P flag since it doesn't do anything and make -P meanTodd C. Miller
"preserve leading /" like GNU tar (no longer use -S for this).
1997-04-06Allow creation of archives with block sizes up to 64512 bytesTodd C. Miller
but complain about non-portability if > 32256 bytes. Brought up by George Robbins <grr@shandakor.tharsis.com>
1997-04-05Strip leading '/' of pathnames (only in tar mode). -S option turnsTodd C. Miller
this off like GNU tar.
1997-04-04Improvements based on commets by George Robbins <grr@shandakor.tharsis.com>Todd C. Miller
- ``tar cf'' will now just exit instead of waiting for a file list on stdin. The old behavior should be re-enabled with an option. - Better wording in tar man page for -o and -w
1997-03-26Note that default blocking factor is 20.Todd C. Miller
1997-03-26Blocking factor in tar is in 512byte blocks. Makes -b act likeTodd C. Miller
``real'' tars.
1996-12-09support pax '-s replstr' option in tar mode too. this can be used toTheo de Raadt
deal with cleaning up absolute paths
1996-10-27Initial cut -C support in paxtar. Exceeds GNU tar by quite a bit.Jason Downs
General pax still seems to work ok.
1996-08-10Add support for -h in tar emulation mode to follow symlinksThorsten Lockert
1996-06-11Manual page for tar(1) emulation in pax(1), by meThorsten Lockert