add man page, cleanup

[unix-history] / usr / src / old / tar / tar.1

diff --git a/usr/src/old/tar/tar.1 b/usr/src/old/tar/tar.1
index 35a16a0..0b7b4cb 100644 (file)
--- a/usr/src/old/tar/tar.1
+++ b/usr/src/old/tar/tar.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    @(#)tar.1       6.4 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"    @(#)tar.1       6.6 (Berkeley) %G%

 .\"
 .TH TAR 1 ""
 .AT 3
 .\"
 .TH TAR 1 ""
 .AT 3


@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Normally
 .I tar
 does its work silently.  The
 .B v
 .I tar
 does its work silently.  The
 .B v

-(verbose) option make
+(verbose) option makes

 .I tar
 print the name of each file it treats preceded by the function
 letter.  With the
 .I tar
 print the name of each file it treats preceded by the function
 letter.  With the


@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ tape archives (See
 above).  The block size is determined automatically
 when reading tapes (key letters `x' and `t').
 .TP 10
 above).  The block size is determined automatically
 when reading tapes (key letters `x' and `t').
 .TP 10

+.B s
+tells tar to strip off any leading slashes from pathnames.
+.TP 10

 .B l
 tells 
 .I tar
 .B l
 tells 
 .I tar