On Sun, 30 May 2004 06:42, Juan Escanellas wrote: > > The man for tar sux. �I eventually figured out how to create a tar with > > Yes, but as long as you expect man to be a tutorial, but it doesn't mean > that. That's true for all man pages, they are intended to be a collection of 'aide memoir's for you once you have gotton a basic understanding of what is going on.
Use the GNU Info system for wider and deeper explanations of the commands. For example, if you put the line:- info:/tar ( Note that there is no trailing slash '/' on the end of the line ). into the Konqueror web browser, it will present you with a very detailed tutorial and explanation of the use of the 'tar' utility. There is a short-cut into the info system. It is the double hash, i.e putting:- ##tar into Konqueror serves the same purpose as the info:/tar line. The info system works for all the core GNU utilities, and for a considerable number of the non-GNU programs and packages. The GNU Info system can also be accessed via the command-line 'info' command and from within the emacs editor. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
