ports database

[Chad Perrin]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 08:36:18PM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:07:45 -0600, Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Is that supposed to say this?
> > 
> >     tar -cf ports.tar /usr/port
> 
> I think the - infront of the options string isn't neccessary for
> tar, but it's optional in this case.

So it is.  All these years, I've completely overlooked the COMPATIBILITY
section of the tar manpage.  Thanks for the wake-up call.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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