Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!robecdc!ghost
From: ghost@robecdc.UUCP (William Sneed)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: problems with tar and Xenix 286 2.2.3
Keywords: Xenix, 286, tar
Message-ID: <11@robecdc.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 90 14:25:43 GMT
References: <1281@mgse.UUCP>
Reply-To: ghost@robecdc.UUCP (William Sneed)
Organization: Robec Distributors Inc., D.C. Office
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In article <1281@mgse.UUCP> marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes:
>I am trying to help a friend who purchased SCO Xenix 2.2.3 and has
>There is now default entry. when you place a freshly formatted
>high-density diskette in drive A: and type 'tar -cvf0 *', tar will
>list off the files it is archiving, when you then type 'tar -tvf0',

The command is 'tar cv0 *' to create the tar disk. To then list the contents
the command would be 'tar tv0'.

I understand. The man page for tar reads like mud. The 'f' option causes
tar to use the next argument as the "archive device". 
Your inclusion of the 'f' option is what sis you in.

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