From: aclark@netcom.com (Al Clark) Subject: Re: Corrupt 'tar' man page Date: 11 Jan 1993 00:49:30 GMT
In article <1993Jan10.134826.23887@klaava.Helsinki.FI> wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius) writes:
>
>If anybody writes a tar man page, and wants it to be included in the
>Linux Doc set (when that becomes ready in a few years), send me a note
>and I'll direct you to the person who coordinates the man pages and
>other program specific documentation (I don't have his name handy at
>the moment, sorry).
>
>--
>Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi (finger wirzeniu@klaava.helsinki.fi)
>
As a matter of fact, I installed gnu tar on a couple of commercial
systems, and they wanted man pages, so I generated two: tar.1 covers
operation of tar, as usual, and tar.5 covers the file formats.
They are both modifications of FSF documentation, which I modified
to match the commercial environment. Of course, the FSF copyright still
applies. I then re-modified for my own use with linux (changing the
name from gnutar to tar). Use at your own risk, but I think they
are accurate. I included some examples early in tar.1 cause I think
examples are one of the best ways of starting to learn a tool.
I loaded them in /pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/incoming (I think that is
correct), and dropped a note to arl@cs.hut.fi. I understand he will
move the files to the correct place:
/pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/doc-project on nic.funet.fi
which is where others can find them.
Enjoy.
Al
-- Al - aclark@netcom.com - My opinions are my own.