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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 12:18:54 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-20 12:18:54 +0000
commit3450dff7f1160db49fcb4d6405227db9b55eb172 (patch)
tree7b9b1889baeb013ef62a48ad40c2c7107ee8f279 /gnu/usr.bin/tar
parenta00cb08bcbebfd39b63c5582f4b242c72459ec29 (diff)
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
index 3ead49e579d5..8c38b626ffc1 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.Nd
tape archiver; manipulate "tar" archive files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm tar
+.Nm
.Op [-] Ns Ar bundled-options Ar Args
.Op Ar gnu-style-flags
.Oo
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ below).
.It Fl -help
Prints a message listing and briefly describing all the command
options to
-.Nm tar.
+.Nm .
.It Fl -atime-preserve
Restore the access times on files which are written to tape (note that
this will change the inode-change time!).
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Create archive with the given
.Ar volume-name .
.It Fl -version
Print
-.Nm tar
+.Nm
program version number.
.It Fl w
.It Fl -interactive
@@ -377,15 +377,15 @@ To specify the correct time zone use either e.g. `13:15 CEST' or `13:15+200'.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The
-.Nm tar
+.Nm
program examines the following environment variables.
.Bl -tag -width "POSIXLY_CORRECT"
.It POSIXLY_CORRECT
Normally,
-.Nm tar
+.Nm
will process flag arguments that appear in the file list.
If set in the environment, this causes
-.Nm tar
+.Nm
to consider the first
non-flag argument to terminate flag processing, as per the POSIX specification.
.It SHELL
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ The default tape drive.
.Sh HISTORY
The tar format has a rich history, dating back to Sixth Edition UNIX.
The current implementation of
-.Nm tar
+.Nm
is the GNU implementation, which
originated as the public-domain tar written by John Gilmore.
.Sh AUTHORS