Hi, Philippe Meunier wrote on Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 08:03:12AM -0400: > [email protected] wrote:
>> % tar cvvf - > On a related note, it would be nice if tar(1)'s man page indicated > that the -v option can be specified more than once to get extra > information. Until seeing this discussion thread I had never realized > this was possible. Good point, i didn't know either. Given that tar(1) is not even specified by POSIX, i don't see how documenting it might do harm. The option was introduced here: date: 1997/01/24 19:41:23; author: millert; Support multiple -v options like GNU tar (> 1 -v means do ls-like output). FreeBSD copied it to their tree in 2001. So it seems firmly established in the free software ecosystem. OK? Ingo Index: tar.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/pax/tar.1,v retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -r1.59 tar.1 --- tar.1 13 Sep 2015 15:42:11 -0000 1.59 +++ tar.1 9 Oct 2017 15:25:57 -0000 @@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ are not selected and will be skipped. .It Fl v Verbose operation mode. +With a second +.Fl v , +always use the long format for listing files, like +.Xr ls 1 +.Fl l . .It Fl w Interactively rename files. This option causes
