Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: more uses for mode 000 (was: Summary: What SUID, SGID...) Message-ID: <1991Feb16.021931.12237@NCoast.ORG> Date: 16 Feb 91 02:19:31 GMT References: <1991Feb11.214054.15937@athena.mit.edu> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Followup-To: comp.unix.internals Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 23 As quoted from by clark@cme.nist.gov (Steve Clark): +--------------- | In article , I wrote: | Steve> cd $HOME | Steve> echo ./subdir/hugedir | tar cX - . | | >>>>> On 11 Feb 91 21:40:54 GMT, jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) said: | Jonathan> What version of Unix are you using? What version of tar? | | Ooops. I made a mistaken generalization, it seems. Since Gnu tar | does the obvious thing with the `-' filename after -X, I assumed SunOS +--------------- Yeah, but what versions of tar have the X option? Remember that Gnu tar has a LOT of options that no other tar has. (Well, standard tar, I ignore commercial add-ons like LoneTar.) ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY