* Bastian Blank: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:39:47AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: >> I assume you mean to make the documentation match the behaivour. > > At least. > >> Rememer it is a Tape ARchival program. > > | -f, --file [HOSTNAME:]F > | use archive file or device F (default "-", meaning stdin/stdout) > > The file is explicitely documented as "-", not $TAPE.
It's about the default when there is no -f option: | If you don't specify this argument, then tar will examine the | environment variable TAPE. If it is set, its value will be used as the | archive name. Otherwise, tar will use the default archive, determined | at the compile time. Usually it is standard output or some physical | tape drive attached to your machine (you can verify what the default | is by running tar --show-defaults, see defaults). <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/file-tutorial.html> For quite some time, the default was /dev/rmt0 even on GNU/Linux systems, so you actually had to specify "-f -" for standard input or output. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
