On  4 Feb 02 at 13:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>I don't think syntax is the problem.  The busybox tar uses the
>same syntax.  Your problem, I believe, is that the busybox tar
>lacks some parameters.

This is what I meant, yes.

>Perhaps I should remove the tar manpage?

no, but include the following text to a README of the hard disk
version (or in your website howto).

-----------------------------------
>The HD version replaces the busybox versions
>of head and sed with the full binaries.  Users are free to replace
>any busybox command with the full binary from Slackware 3.5
>(although in most cases this is a complete waste of time, since
>the busybox versions are quite adequate).

>The busybox commands cover a wide variety of functions.  They will
>not be found in a single Slackware package.  For example, uudecode
>is in the bin package, df is in the fileutls package, grep is in
>the grep package, gzip is in the gzip package, ps is in the procps
>package, sleep is in the sh_utils package, tar is in the tar package,
>ping is in the tcpip1 package, tr is in the txtutils package, and
>more is in the util package.
--------------------------------------

>Which particular command line option is bothering you?
I am alright now. Problems ocurred with tar (in the Midnight
commander scripts), sed (in codepage conversion scripts).
MY mistake was that I 'upgraded' the HD version with the new
1.61 RD version. This turned out to be a downgrade, because I
deleted the binaries.

>The simplest way to find the location of a binary is to ask me.

Thanks for all your patience, Steven.

Regards
Christof Lange

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