From 6eb25c6af2d646a024dcf3b5087499e98b843a68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Kientzle Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 04:19:28 +0000 Subject: Document the -O option's new behavior in the presence of -t. MFC after: 3 days --- usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1 b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1 index 01c1ddd44ee7b..98b916266f3e2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1 +++ b/usr.bin/tar/bsdtar.1 @@ -244,9 +244,11 @@ Do not recursively archive the contents of directories. (c and r modes only) Honor the nodump file flag by skipping this file. .It Fl O -(x mode only) -Extracted files are written to standard out rather than +(x, t modes only) +In extract (-x) mode, files will be written to standard out rather than being extracted to disk. +In list (-t) mode, the file listing will be written to stderr rather than +the usual stdout. .It Fl o (x mode only) Use the user and group of the user running the program rather -- cgit v1.3