What is the M in tar Mcvf

I looked through the man pages and online, but I can't find information on what the M is for in 'tar Mcvf'. I constantly see this as a way to archive / backup files. Teo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: What is the M in tar Mcvf

Teo De Las Heras wrote: I looked through the man pages and online, but I can't find information on what the M is for in 'tar Mcvf'. I constantly see this as a way to archive / backup files. Teo That's a gnu tar option, not a bsd tar option. I did a google for gnu tar man and got

Re: What is the M in tar Mcvf

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:00 am, Teo De Las Heras wrote: I looked through the man pages and online, but I can't find information on what the M is for in 'tar Mcvf'. I constantly see this as a way to archive / backup files. I find it in the man pages without problems: -M --multi-volume