From 81f808e180ad52759b6030800196d0a396d61b94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aisha Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 18:17:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add extract example and reorder flags on other examples comments sthen@ and Peter J. Philipp ok jmc@ --- bin/pax/tar.1 | 25 ++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/pax/tar.1 b/bin/pax/tar.1 index 0bdb0e2652a..5b37487ba34 100644 --- a/bin/pax/tar.1 +++ b/bin/pax/tar.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.64 2022/03/31 17:27:14 naddy Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: tar.1,v 1.65 2023/08/03 18:17:54 aisha Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert .\" All rights reserved. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 3 2023 $ .Dt TAR 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -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 @@ -359,6 +359,13 @@ 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 . .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -- 2.20.1