Module Name: src
Committed By: dholland
Date: Tue Mar 23 17:21:40 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/bin/pax: tar.1
Log Message:
The -X option of tar names a file containing exception globs, not
exception filenames, same as in gtar. PR 41168 from Perry.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.27 -r1.28 src/bin/pax/tar.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/bin/pax/tar.1
diff -u src/bin/pax/tar.1:1.27 src/bin/pax/tar.1:1.28
--- src/bin/pax/tar.1:1.27 Sun Nov 23 09:51:10 2008
+++ src/bin/pax/tar.1 Tue Mar 23 17:21:40 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: tar.1,v 1.27 2008/11/23 09:51:10 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: tar.1,v 1.28 2010/03/23 17:21:40 dholland Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 SigmaSoft, Th. Lockert
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
A line may also specify the positional argument
.Dq Fl C Ar directory .
.It Fl X Ar file , Fl -exclude-from Ar file
-Exclude files listed in the given file.
+Exclude files matching the shell glob patterns listed in the given file.
.\" exclude should be '-E' and '-X' should be one-file-system
.Pp
Note that it would be more standard to use this option to mean ``do not
