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Subject: tar man page
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>Number:         5283
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Tar man page does not match program
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    danny
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 12 16:40:01 PST 1997
>Closed-Date:    Tue Feb 3 23:05:20 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:  Tue Feb  3 23:06:23 PST 1998
>Originator:     Colin Jensen
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Accom, Inc.
>Environment:
>Description:
Tar manual documents the --norecurse option.  The tar program disavows all
knowledge about the --norecurse option.

>How-To-Repeat:
%cd /tmp
%mkdir sample
%touch sample/file
%tar -cv -f sample.tar --norecurse sample
tar: unrecognized option `--norecurse'
tar: Unknown option.  Use 'tar --help' for a complete list of options.

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed 
State-Changed-By: danny 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jan 1 23:12:55 PST 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
I've just applied an independently submitted patch. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->danny 
Responsible-Changed-By: danny 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Jan 1 23:12:55 PST 1998 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
I'll keep working on GNU tar fixes/enhancements. 
State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->closed 
State-Changed-By: danny 
State-Changed-When: Tue Feb 3 23:05:20 PST 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
Similar patches to same problem has been applied to 2.2-stable and -current. 
>Unformatted:
