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RE: problem with tar -xvzf and permissions on W2K


Hi Corinna,

great, that probably means I can continue to be lazy omitting '-'
at least as long until Win* gets so stable that it can replace *ix 8-)

Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-gmbh.de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Corinna Vinschen [SMTP:cygwin@cygwin.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 20, 2001 09:29
> To:	'cygwin@cygwin.com'
> Subject:	Re: problem with tar -xvzf and permissions on W2K
> 
	[Heribert]  [snip]

> Uhm, no. The '-' and '--' usages are the correct ones. The '-'-free
> usage of tar is explicitely noted as "old option style" in the
> tar info file. GNU tar tries to be as compatible as possible so
> the old option style will be supported for at least forever or so.
> 
> Corinna
> 

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