From 40e5a5811c6ffce9b0974e93cdd927cbcf60c157 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Hunkeler Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:51:37 -0400 Subject: Repatch (from linux) of OSX IRAF --- unix/boot/wtar/README | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 unix/boot/wtar/README (limited to 'unix/boot/wtar/README') diff --git a/unix/boot/wtar/README b/unix/boot/wtar/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2baafbd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/unix/boot/wtar/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +WTAR -- Write a tar format file or tape. This is a portable, non-UNIX, non- + proprietary program for writing tar format files on a variety of + systems. The TAR format is an excellent choice for transporting + files between different machines because of its simplicity, efficiency, + and machine independence. + + +wtar [-tvdo] [-f tarfile] [files] + + -t print names of files as they are written + -v verbose output + -d debug mode + -o omit binary files + -f fn write to file FN (stdout, mt[ab..], binary file) + [files] files or directories to be written to tar file + + +Output may be to a disk file, a magtape device, or to the standard output +(on some systems). Text files may be padded with extra blanks at the end on +some systems, due to lack of knowledge of the precise file length when the +file header is written. -- cgit