> >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 ?

I don't think so.  I think that "newdir" and "olddir" are used as meta-
variables in this context.  Think of the example as if it was written like
this: 

	mkdir /new/dir
	cd /old/dir
	pax -rw . /new/dir


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