* doc/tar.texi: Adjust example commands and output for accuracy.

The original problem was reported by Michael Witten in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2011-02/msg00033.html>.
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Paul Eggert
2011-02-22 16:40:30 -08:00
parent 2807513841
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@@ -1022,13 +1022,12 @@ suffixes explained above:
@smallexample
@group
V--------- 0/0 1536 2006-06-09 13:07 MyVolume--Volume Header--
-rw-r--r-- gray/staff 456783 2006-06-09 12:06 aspic--Continued at
byte 32456--
-rw-r--r-- gray/staff 62373 2006-06-09 12:06 apple
lrwxrwxrwx gray/staff 0 2006-06-09 13:01 angst -> apple
-rw-r--r-- gray/staff 35793 2006-06-09 12:06 blues
hrw-r--r-- gray/staff 0 2006-06-09 12:06 music link to blues
V--------- 0/0 1536 2006-06-09 13:07 MyVolume--Volume Header--
-rw-r--r-- gray/staff 456783 2006-06-09 12:06 aspic--Continued at byte 32456--
-rw-r--r-- gray/staff 62373 2006-06-09 12:06 apple
lrwxrwxrwx gray/staff 0 2006-06-09 13:01 angst -> apple
-rw-r--r-- gray/staff 35793 2006-06-09 12:06 blues
hrw-r--r-- gray/staff 0 2006-06-09 12:06 music link to blues
@end group
@end smallexample
@@ -1421,7 +1420,7 @@ above would look like:
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar --list --verbose --file=collection.tar folk}
-rw-r--r-- myself user 62 1990-05-23 10:55 folk
-rw-r--r-- myself/user 62 1990-05-23 10:55 folk
@end smallexample
@cindex listing member and file names
@@ -1513,11 +1512,11 @@ $ @kbd{tar --list --verbose --file=music.tar practice}
@command{tar} responds:
@smallexample
drwxrwxrwx myself user 0 1990-05-31 21:49 practice/
-rw-r--r-- myself user 42 1990-05-21 13:29 practice/blues
-rw-r--r-- myself user 62 1990-05-23 10:55 practice/folk
-rw-r--r-- myself user 40 1990-05-21 13:30 practice/jazz
-rw-r--r-- myself user 10240 1990-05-31 21:49 practice/collection.tar
drwxrwxrwx myself/user 0 1990-05-31 21:49 practice/
-rw-r--r-- myself/user 42 1990-05-21 13:29 practice/blues
-rw-r--r-- myself/user 62 1990-05-23 10:55 practice/folk
-rw-r--r-- myself/user 40 1990-05-21 13:30 practice/jazz
-rw-r--r-- myself/user 10240 1990-05-31 21:49 practice/collection.tar
@end smallexample
When you use a directory name as a file name argument, @command{tar} acts on
@@ -1567,9 +1566,9 @@ $ @kbd{tar -xvf collection.tar}
produces this:
@smallexample
-rw-r--r-- me user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
-rw-r--r-- me user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- me/user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
-rw-r--r-- me/user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
@end smallexample
@node extracting files
@@ -1683,8 +1682,8 @@ in the example below:
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar -xvvf music.tar practice/folk practice/jazz}
-rw-r--r-- me user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 practice/jazz
-rw-r--r-- me user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 practice/folk
-rw-r--r-- me/user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 practice/jazz
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 practice/folk
@end smallexample
@noindent
@@ -4534,10 +4533,10 @@ If you now use the @option{--list} (@option{-t}) operation, you will see that
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar --list --file=collection.tar}
-rw-r--r-- me user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
-rw-r--r-- me user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- me user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 rock
-rw-r--r-- me/user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
-rw-r--r-- me/user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 rock
@end smallexample
@node multiple
@@ -4581,11 +4580,11 @@ list the contents of the archive:
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar --list --verbose --file=collection.tar}
-rw-r--r-- me user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
-rw-r--r-- me user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- me user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 rock
-rw-r--r-- me user 58 1996-10-24 18:30 blues
-rw-r--r-- me/user 28 1996-10-18 16:31 jazz
-rw-r--r-- me/user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- me/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 rock
-rw-r--r-- me/user 58 1996-10-24 18:30 blues
@end smallexample
@noindent
@@ -4601,7 +4600,7 @@ the following example:
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar --extract -vv --occurrence --file=collection.tar blues}
-rw-r--r-- me user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
-rw-r--r-- me/user 21 1996-09-23 16:44 blues
@end smallexample
@xref{Writing}, for more information on @option{--extract} and
@@ -4728,11 +4727,11 @@ contain what they are supposed to:
@smallexample
$ @kbd{tar -tvf bluesrock.tar}
-rw-r--r-- melissa user 105 1997-01-21 19:42 blues
-rw-r--r-- melissa user 33 1997-01-20 15:34 rock
-rw-r--r-- melissa/user 105 1997-01-21 19:42 blues
-rw-r--r-- melissa/user 33 1997-01-20 15:34 rock
$ @kbd{tar -tvf jazzfolk.tar}
-rw-r--r-- melissa user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- melissa user 65 1997-01-30 14:15 jazz
-rw-r--r-- melissa/user 20 1996-09-23 16:44 folk
-rw-r--r-- melissa/user 65 1997-01-30 14:15 jazz
@end smallexample
We can concatenate these two archives with @command{tar}:
@@ -8783,7 +8782,7 @@ tried@footnote{To verbosely trace the decompressor selection, use the
@option{--warning=decompress-program} option
(@pxref{warnings,decompress-program}).}:
@multitable @columnfractions 0.3 0.3 0.3
@multitable @columnfractions 0.3 0.3 0.3
@headitem Format @tab Main decompressor @tab Alternatives
@item compress @tab compress @tab gzip
@item lzma @tab lzma @tab xz
@@ -9387,9 +9386,9 @@ once. For example, consider the following two files:
@smallexample
@group
$ ls
-rw-r--r-- 2 gray staff 4 2007-10-30 15:11 one
-rw-r--r-- 2 gray staff 4 2007-10-30 15:11 jeden
$ ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 2 gray staff 4 2007-10-30 15:11 one
-rw-r--r-- 2 gray staff 4 2007-10-30 15:11 jeden
@end group
@end smallexample
@@ -11551,8 +11550,8 @@ explicitly marked as in the example below:
@smallexample
@group
$ @kbd{tar --verbose --list --file=iamanarchive}
V--------- 0 0 0 1992-03-07 12:01 iamalabel--Volume Header--
-rw-r--r-- ringo user 40 1990-05-21 13:30 iamafilename
V--------- 0/0 0 1992-03-07 12:01 iamalabel--Volume Header--
-rw-r--r-- ringo/user 40 1990-05-21 13:30 iamafilename
@end group
@end smallexample