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Bug 109914

Summary: tar command explanation
Product: [OLD] Docs-user Reporter: Matteo Contri <linux>
Component: HandbookAssignee: Docs Team <docs-team>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

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.