Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am Freitag 07 November 2008 09:50:45 schrieb Joerg Schilling:
>
> > The "correct" official tar syntax does not use '-'. If you like to be 100%
> > that a tar command should work, ddon't use '-' in front of options.
>
> Yes, sure. That's why
>
> % tar --lzma tvf /gentoo/distfiles/texlive-module-context-
> vim.doc-2008.tar.lzma
> tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' options
> Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
>
> just works. Or does it need to be -tvf? The "correct" syntax is the one used
> by the version of tar one is using. For the most of us, this is GNU tar.
GNU tar is not 100% with parsing command lines in a standard compliant way,
but omitting the '-' is correct.
It you add "--lzma" you use a 100% on-portable command line.
Jörg
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