Subject: misc/424: incorrect example in pax(1) manual.
To: None <gnats-admin>
From: matthew green <mrg@splode.mame.mu.OZ.AU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/20/1994 17:20:06
>Number: 424
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: incorrect example in pax(1) manual.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: gnats-admin (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 20 17:20:05 1994
>Originator: matthew green
>Organization:
the piglet way
>Release:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD splode.mame.mu.OZ.AU 1.0_BETA NetBSD 1.0_BETA (_splode_) #10: Wed Aug 17 19:32:44 EST 1994 root@splode.mame.mu.OZ.AU:/splode/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_splode_ sparc
>Description:
the pax(1) man page has an example in it that is incorrect:
The following commands:
mkdir newdir
cd olddir
pax -rw . newdir
will copy the entire olddir directory hierarchy to newdir.
shouldn't that be ../newdir ?
>How-To-Repeat:
man pax
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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