On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 10:59:06AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 10:45 PST]: > > Brian Victor said: > > > I backed up my debian installation with the following: > > > > > > tar --preserve -cv / | ssh 192.168.2.10 'cat > linuxbackup.tar.bz2' > > > > may I ask why? I have never heard of someone attempting such > > a task in that manor. I would say that the above is the source of > > the problems. Checking tar's manpage reveals no mention of the > > preserve option either. I just tested using tar -cvf making a tar > > I'll bet you got bitten by the manpage using hyphens in place of minus > signs for options. (One of my big pet peeves...) Search for just > /preserve/ instead of /--preserve/. It's there.
Bug filed, I hope? Man pages should be using "\-" rather than "-" for the minus sign that appears in options, as you rightly observe. Nate would have to be reading in a UTF-8 locale for it to matter, though. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
