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authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>2019-03-28 13:58:44 +0200
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org>2019-03-28 13:58:44 +0200
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Typesetting fixes in the manpage
Signed-off-by: Kir Kolyshkin <kolyshkin@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--doc/tar.120
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1
index 0ad69b74..18136cfe 100644
--- a/doc/tar.1
+++ b/doc/tar.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
.\"
.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.\" along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-.TH TAR 1 "February 4, 2019" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
+.TH TAR 1 "March 28, 2019" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
.SH NAME
tar \- an archiving utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ into the archive file
verbosely listing the files being archived:
.PP
.EX
-.B tar cfv etc.tar /etc
+tar cfv etc.tar /etc
.EE
.PP
In
@@ -133,9 +133,11 @@ The example command above written in the
could look like:
.PP
.EX
-.B tar -cvf etc.tar /etc
+tar -cvf etc.tar /etc
+.EE
or
-.B tar -c -v -f etc.tar /etc
+.EX
+tar -c -v -f etc.tar /etc
.EE
.PP
In
@@ -152,11 +154,11 @@ method.
Here are several ways of writing the example command in this style:
.PP
.EX
-.B tar --create --file etc.tar --verbose /etc
+tar --create --file etc.tar --verbose /etc
.EE
or (abbreviating some options):
.EX
-.B tar --cre --file=etc.tar --verb /etc
+tar --cre --file=etc.tar --verb /etc
.EE
.PP
The options in all three styles can be intermixed, although doing so
@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@ Format of the archive being processed. One of:
.BR posix ,
.BR ustar ,
.BR v7 .
+.TP
.B TAR_SUBCOMMAND
A short option (with a leading dash) describing the operation \fBtar\fR is
executing.
@@ -780,7 +783,8 @@ Same as \fB\-\-format=v7\fR.
\fB\-\-pax\-option\fR=\fIkeyword\fR[[:]=\fIvalue\fR][,\fIkeyword\fR[[:]=\fIvalue\fR]]...
Control pax keywords when creating \fBPAX\fR archives (\fB\-H
pax\fR). This option is equivalent to the \fB\-o\fR option of the
-.BR pax (1) utility.
+.BR pax (1)
+utility.
.TP
\fB\-\-posix\fR
Same as \fB\-\-format=posix\fR.
@@ -1318,7 +1322,7 @@ found at:
.SH "BUG REPORTS"
Report bugs to <bug\-tar@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 2013-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
.na
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

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