Subject: bin/3032: pax documentation flaw with ugly consequences
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Robert Dick <dickrp@dickrp.remote.princeton.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/15/1996 11:45:10
>Number:         3032
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Example in pax manual is incorrect with ugly consequences.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 15 15:20:01 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert Dick
>Organization:
n.a.
	
>Release:        1.2
>Environment:
Amiga-060
	
>Description:
	
>From the pax manual:

>      The command:
>            pax -r -v -f filename
>      gives the verbose table of contents for an archive stored in filename.

Technically it does give the verbose table of contents for an archive      
stored in filename.  It also clobbers all the files on your drive that
were in the archive.
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
	
The manual should read:

The command:                                                               
    pax -v -f filename
gives the verbose table of contents for an archive stored in filename.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: