These two patches correct a few mistakes in the info document: a
mixed-up example, and a derailing sentence.
Benno
--- doc/tar.texi.orig 2006-03-01 12:45:04.000000000 +0100
+++ doc/tar.texi 2006-03-08 19:15:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -4016,8 +4016,8 @@
one or more archives to the end of another archive, you should use the
@option{--concatenate} (@option{--catenate}, @option{-A}) operation.
-To use @option{--concatenate}, give the first archive with
[EMAIL PROTECTED] option and name the rest of archives to be
+To use @option{--concatenate}, give the first archive with the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] option and name the rest of the archives to be
concatenated on the command line. The members, and their member
names, will be copied verbatim from those archives to the first one.
@FIXME-ref{This can cause multiple members to have the same name, for
@@ -4037,7 +4037,7 @@
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar -cvf bluesrock.tar blues rock}
blues
-classical
+rock
$ @kbd{tar -cvf folkjazz.tar folk jazz}
folk
jazz
@@ -4060,18 +4060,18 @@
@smallexample
$ @kbd{cd ..}
-$ @kbd{tar --concatenate --file=bluesrock.tar jazzfolk.tar}
+$ @kbd{tar --concatenate --file=bluesrock.tar folkjazz.tar}
@end smallexample
-If you now list the contents of the @file{bluesclass.tar}, you will see
-that now it also contains the archive members of @file{jazzfolk.tar}:
+If you now list the contents of the @file{bluesrock.tar}, you will see
+that now it also contains the archive members of @file{folkjazz.tar}:
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar --list --file=bluesrock.tar}
blues
rock
-jazz
folk
+jazz
@end smallexample
When you use @option{--concatenate}, the source and target archives must
--- doc/tar.texi.orig 2006-03-01 12:45:04.000000000 +0100
+++ doc/tar.texi 2006-03-08 19:24:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -2765,7 +2765,7 @@
This keyword allows user control over the name that is written into the
ustar header blocks for the extended headers. The name is obtained
-from @var{string} after substituting the following meta-characters:
+from @var{string} after making the following substitutions:
@multitable @columnfractions .30 .70
@headitem Meta-character @tab Replaced By
@@ -2790,8 +2790,7 @@
@item [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This keyword allows user control over the name that is written into
the ustar header blocks for global extended header records. The name
-shall will be obtained from the contents of @var{string}, after the
-following character substitutions have been made:
+is obtained from @var{string} after making the following substitutions:
@multitable @columnfractions .30 .70
@headitem Meta-character @tab Replaced By
@@ -2802,7 +2801,7 @@
@item %% @tab A @samp{%} character.
@end multitable
-Any other @samp{%} characters in string produce undefined results.
+Any other @samp{%} characters in @var{string} produce undefined results.
If no option @samp{globexthdr.name=string} is specified, @command{tar}
will use the following default value:
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