First of all, using a dach on the x, c, f, etc., options, is optional, for many versions of tar. I normally do use a dash, for consistancy--they are just normal options, after all, and there is no reason why they should not have a dash. As to your first question: I don't know why, but you should use the new format. For your third question: the file will be created by tar the first time you use it, and managed by it on following executions. For example: tar -g index.lst -cf backup.tar * On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > > The tar man page says the following: > > - -G, --incremental > create/list/extract old GNU-format incremental backup > > -g, --listed-incremental F > create/list/extract new GNU-format incremental backup > > > > My first question is what is the difference between the old and new > formats, and which one should I use (I'm assuming the new one)? > > My second question is -g (lowercase) option seems to expect a file > name. However, I can't find anywhere what this file should > contain. I'm assuming that this doesn't refer to the tar file being > worked on. > > My final question is how should these options be specified? Should > they be specified as -g or -G, or are they specified without the dash, > just like you'd specify the x extract option, or the c create option > without a dash? Looking at the tar man page, and help available from > tar with the --help flag, seems to indicate that I would use a dash, > before specifying any of the other regular options without a dash. I > hope all these questions make sense, and any answers would be > appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Greg > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBiWrH7s9z/XlyUyARApwzAJ9J8JM+1GSymrWl/WlzSyISrlkBIgCeNOOe > w5+NLOqsxdjgTLL4EnJ30dQ= > =N5ZW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
