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Article #797tar-1.11 instructs user to use +help, rather than --help
From: J.T. Conklin
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:31
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:31
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When a user invokes tar-1.11 with bad command line arguments, it
instructs the user to use +help, rather than --help.
Patch follows:
*** OLD/tar.c Thu Sep 10 13:23:37 1992
--- tar.c Thu Sep 10 13:23:58 1992
***************
*** 280,286 ****
break;
case CMD_NONE:
msg("you must specify exactly one of the r, c, t, x, or d options\n");
! fprintf(stderr,"For more information, type ``%s +help''.\n",tar);
exit(EX_ARGSBAD);
}
if (f_volno_file)
--- 280,286 ----
break;
case CMD_NONE:
msg("you must specify exactly one of the r, c, t, x, or d options\n");
! fprintf(stderr,"For more information, type ``%s --help''.\n",tar);
exit(EX_ARGSBAD);
}
if (f_volno_file)
***************
*** 616,622 ****
case '?':
badopt:
! msg("Unknown option. Use '%s +help' for a complete list of options.", tar);
exit(EX_ARGSBAD);
}
--- 616,622 ----
case '?':
badopt:
! msg("Unknown option. Use '%s --help' for a complete list of options.", tar);
exit(EX_ARGSBAD);
}
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Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!gain.COM!jtc From: jtc@gain.COM (J.T. Conklin) Subject: tar-1.11 instructs user to use +help, rather than --help Message-ID: <9209102031.AA23531@rangoon.gain.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Reply-To: jtc@gain.com Organization: GAIN Technology Inc., Palo Alto, CA Distribution: gnu Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 06:31:03 GMT Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 42