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Bug 109914 - tar command explanation
Summary: tar command explanation
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
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Reported: 2005-10-20 05:07 UTC by Matteo Contri
Modified: 2005-10-20 06:56 UTC (History)
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Description Matteo Contri 2005-10-20 05:07:08 UTC
In the documentation appears

> tar -xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-<date>.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

I think it's better explain the command with asterisk and not tag date (like the
first example of tar):

tar -xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-*.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

In this way It's ready to copy&paste...

Bye
Comment 1 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-20 06:56:28 UTC
* is a wildcard and is confusing in this context. I'm marking this bug WONTFIX.