A. Costa wrote: > reopen 389469 ! > > thanks > > Please excuse this message's being late, I ought to have replied to > this before it was closed. There's a good reason not to close it > yet... > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:18:40 +0200 > > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am Montag, 25. September 2006 23:40 schrieb A. Costa: > > > 'man lzop', in examples for archives, suggests: > > > > > > % man lzop | grep -n -A 10 "extract multiple files" > > > 352: archive mode: compress/extract multiple files into > > > a single archive > > > 353- file > > > 354- create > > > 355- lzop a.c b.c -o sources.lzo -> create > > > an archive ... > > > 360- extract > > > ... > > > 362- lzop -x ../src/sources.lzo -> > > > extract to current directory > > > > > > The example in line #362 does not "extract multiple files" from a > > > '.tar.lzo' archive. It extracts a single '.tar' from a > > > '.tar.lzo'. > > > > It does extract multiple files if you put multiple files into > > it,... > > You're absolutely right about the ability of 'lzop' to process > multiple files. > > > ...as the example on line 352 does. > > Sorry, but line #352 contains no example. > > > Of course, if you put a single tar > > file in the archive, you only get a single tar file out. > > Here's the catch, the grammatical article "a" is _singular_ in line > #352: > > 352: archive mode: compress/extract multiple files into a > single archive 353- file > > ...the somewhat redundant adjective "single" tends to stress this > detail. Furthermore "a single archive" is the _object_ of the > verb(s) 'compress/extract'. e.g. 'polygamy' can be likewise defined > as: > > marry multiple wives to a husband. > > ...whereas to: > > marry multiple husbands to a wife. > > ...would be "polyandry". Often it makes a big difference whether a > noun is a subject or an object.
Of course the archive is the object of the action, because lzop is the subject. What is your point? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
