Hi Todd, Todd C. Miller wrote on Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 09:35:44AM -0600: > On Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:27:46 +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
>> 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. > Basically, tar -vvxf produces the same format output as tar -tvf. > If we are going to document the long format, how about something > like: [...] > .It Fl v > Verbose operation mode. > If > .Fl v > is specified multiple times or if the > .Fl t > option is also specified, > .Nm > will use a long format for listing files, similar to > .Xr ls 1 > .Fl l . That's better than my patch, please commit that. Your shorter version would also be OK schwarze@, but i prefer this one. It avoids potential doubt about what "list mode" means. Yours, Ingo
