On Wednesday 19 January 2011 02:07:19 pm Mark wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Greg Madden <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 18 January 2011 10:44:21 pm Mark wrote:
> > snip
> >
> >> On that terminal, execute the following lines:
> >>
> >> cd Downloads
> >> tar xzf LibO_3.3.0rc3_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz
> >
> > The 'tar' man page says to use  a '-' for the main operation mode, and
> > options,  ' -xzf', have not tried it without the dash to see if it works.
>
> It also says:
>
> A function letter need not be prefixed with ``-'',...
>
> The preceding dash has been deprecated for at least five years if not
> longer.

Thanks, good to know :-)

-- 
Peace,

Greg

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