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

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diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi
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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
@@ -4166,6 +4165,23 @@ Disable all warning messages.
 @cindex @samp{Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `%s'}, warning message
 @item unknown-keyword
 @samp{Ignoring unknown extended header keyword `%s'}
+@kwindex decompress-program
+@item decompress-program
+Controls verbose description of failures occurring when trying to run
+alternative decompressor programs (@pxref{alternative decompression
+programs}).  This warning is disabled by default (unless
+@option{--verbose} is used).  A common example of what you can get
+when using this warning is:
+
+@smallexample
+$ @kbd{tar --warning=decompress-program -x -f archive.Z}
+tar (child): cannot run compress: No such file or directory
+tar (child): trying gzip
+@end smallexample
+
+This means that @command{tar} first tried to decompress
+@file{archive.Z} using @command{compress}, and, when that
+failed, switched to @command{gzip}.
 @end table
 
 @subheading Keywords controlling incremental extraction:
@@ -4517,10 +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
@@ -4564,11 +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
@@ -4584,7 +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
@@ -4711,11 +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}:
@@ -8755,6 +8771,24 @@ certain compression formats.  If this approach fails, @command{tar}
 falls back to using archive name suffix to determine its format
 (@pxref{auto-compress}, for a list of recognized suffixes).
 
+@anchor{alternative decompression programs}
+@cindex alternative decompression programs
+Some compression programs are able to handle different compression
+formats.  @GNUTAR{} uses this, if the principal decompressor for the
+given format is not available.  For example, if @command{compress} is
+not installed, @command{tar} will try to use @command{gzip}.  As of
+version @value{VERSION} the following alternatives are
+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
+@headitem Format @tab Main decompressor @tab Alternatives
+@item compress @tab compress @tab gzip
+@item lzma     @tab lzma     @tab xz
+@item bzip2    @tab bzip2    @tab lbzip2
+@end multitable
+
 The only case when you have to specify a decompression option while
 reading the archive is when reading from a pipe or from a tape drive
 that does not support random access.  However, in this case @GNUTAR{}
@@ -9352,9 +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
 
@@ -11516,8 +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