Package: tar
Version: 1.16-2
Severity: minor
The synopsis has:
tar [ - ] A --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d
--diff --compare | --delete | r --append | t --list | u --update
| x --extract --get [ options ] pathname [ pathname ... ]
pathnames are not mandatory (they are mandatory arguments to options
such as -f, not mandatory parameters to tar itself), for instance tar
can be run using "tar -t" to list all the files in the current archive
on the default tape device.
The second [ pathname ... ] covers the general case, so the first
pathname should be removed:
tar [ - ] A --catenate --concatenate | c --create | d
--diff --compare | --delete | r --append | t --list | u --update
| x --extract --get [ options ] [ pathname ... ]
Also note that pathname arguments don't just specify the files to add to
the archive when creating the archive, they also specify which files to
extract when using the -x option.
Current text:
The final arguments to tar are the names of the files or directories
which should be archived.
Proposed text:
The final arguments to tar are the names of the files or directories
which should be archived or extracted.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-eagle
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages tar depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
tar recommends no packages.
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