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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-01-18 09:03:19 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-01-18 09:03:19 +0000 |
commit | 46e339951e9de47baa574d248e0fe1f13f8e0ffb (patch) | |
tree | bf5ad486a674c42865a682ac93b5f4c8c432e7a8 /gnu/usr.bin/tar | |
parent | 5fca3d26af60026e36f36f0bd433827caa50a754 (diff) | |
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Fold two ENVIRONMENT sections into one.
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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 index b317af3..d5d9228 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/tar/tar.1 @@ -365,12 +365,44 @@ Block the output of compression program for tapes or floppies Specify tape drive and density. .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT -The environment variable +The +.Nm +program examines the following environment variables. +.Bl -tag -width "POSIXLY_CORRECT" +.It Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT +Normally, +.Nm +will process flag arguments that appear in the file list. +If set in the environment, this causes +.Nm +to consider the first +non-flag argument to terminate flag processing, as per the POSIX specification. +.It Ev SHELL +In interactive mode, a permissible response to the prompt is to +request to spawn a subshell, which will be +.Pa /bin/sh +unless the +.Ev SHELL +variable is set. +.It Ev TAPE +Changes +.Nm Ns 's +default tape drive (which is still overridden by the +.Fl f +flag). +.It Ev TAR_OPTIONS +The .Ev TAR_OPTIONS +environment variable can hold a set of default options for .Nm . These options are interpreted first and can be overwritten by explicit command line parameters. +.It TAR_RSH +The TAR_RSH environment variable allows you to override the default +shell used as the transport for +.Nm . +.El .Sh EXAMPLES To create an archive on tape drive .Pa /dev/sa0 @@ -457,37 +489,6 @@ To specify the correct time zone use either e.g.\& .Sq "13:15 CEST" or .Sq "13:15+200" . -.Sh ENVIRONMENT -The -.Nm -program examines the following environment variables. -.Bl -tag -width "POSIXLY_CORRECT" -.It Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT -Normally, -.Nm -will process flag arguments that appear in the file list. -If set in the environment, this causes -.Nm -to consider the first -non-flag argument to terminate flag processing, as per the POSIX specification. -.It Ev SHELL -In interactive mode, a permissible response to the prompt is to -request to spawn a subshell, which will be -.Pa /bin/sh -unless the -.Ev SHELL -variable is set. -.It Ev TAPE -Changes -.Nm Ns 's -default tape drive (which is still overridden by the -.Fl f -flag). -.It TAR_RSH -The TAR_RSH environment variable allows you to override the default -shell used as the transport for -.Nm . -.El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/dev/sa0" .It Pa /dev/sa0 |