From: Sergey Poznyakoff Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:07:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=48d508b78b6680b69ed63baf963d4274fc17e68c;p=chaz%2Ftar Update --- diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi index ddfbac5..46c3e5e 100644 --- a/doc/tar.texi +++ b/doc/tar.texi @@ -6528,6 +6528,9 @@ archives to contain only regular files and directories, avoiding other kind of special files. Do not attempt to save sparse files or contiguous files as such. Let's discuss a few more problems, in turn. +@FIXME{Discuss GNU extensions (incremental backups, multi-volume +archives and archive labels) in GNU and PAX formats.} + @menu * Portable Names:: Portable Names * dereference:: Symbolic Links @@ -6644,19 +6647,6 @@ we plan to make @samp{posix} format the default. To force creation a @GNUTAR{} archive, use option @value{op-format-gnu}. -Some @command{tar} options are currently basing on @GNUTAR{} -format, and can therefore be used only with @samp{gnu} -or @samp{oldgnu} archive formats. The list of such options follows: - -@itemize @bullet -@item @value{op-label}, when used with @value{op-create}. -@item @value{op-incremental} -@item @value{op-multi-volume} -@end itemize - -These options will be re-implemented for the @samp{posix} archive -format in the future. - @node posix @subsection @GNUTAR{} and @acronym{POSIX} @command{tar} @@ -6665,17 +6655,6 @@ to read and create archives conforming to @acronym{POSIX.1-2001} standard. A @acronym{POSIX} conformant archive will be created if @command{tar} was given @value{op-format-posix} option. -Notice, that currently @acronym{GNU} extensions are not -allowed with this format. Following is the list of options that -cannot be used with @value{op-format-posix}: - -@itemize @bullet -@item @value{op-label}, when used with @value{op-create}. -@item @value{op-incremental} -@item @value{op-multi-volume} -@end itemize - -This restriction will disappear in the future versions. @node Checksumming @subsection Checksumming Problems