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Re: [PATCH] tar: on extract, -o is --no-same-owner

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Oct 24, 2009, 10:06 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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> I don't quite understand why 'o' has to be spelled using long name
> --no-same-owner, instead of just correcting the ordering of "old style"
> short options to have 'f' last, i.e.
>
>   $(TAR) xof -
>
> and not (current)
>
>   $(TAR) xfo -

Both do exactly the same, traditionally. Note the lack of '-' preceding 'xfo', which does not use getopt-style option parsing.

Andreas.
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  1. Bernhard Reutner-FischerOct 23, 2009
  2. Bernhard Reutner-FischerOct 23, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2009
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  5. Andreas SchwabOct 24, 2009
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 24, 2009
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  8. Andreas SchwabOct 24, 2009
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  10. Andreas SchwabOct 24, 2009
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