Auwvax.304
net.sources
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!harpo!uwvax!solomon
Sun Apr  4 09:25:54 1982
man page for changed tar
Here are the changes for the man page corresponding to the changes
to tar that I mailed earlier to net.sources:

*** /usr/man/man1/tar.1 Mon May 11 02:00:45 1981
--- tar.l       Sun Apr  4 09:23:43 1982
***************
*** 1,4
! .TH TAR 1 4/1/81
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 tar \- tape archiver

--- 1,4 -----
! .TH TAR UW
 .UC 4
 .SH NAME
 tar \- tape archiver
***************
*** 148,153
 to not restore the modification times.
 The mod time
 will be the time of extraction.
 .PP
 Previous restrictions dealing with
 .IR tar 's

--- 148,159 -----
 to not restore the modification times.
 The mod time
 will be the time of extraction.
+ .TP 10
+ .B s
+ If the tape is not positioned at the start of a file, skip the current block
+ and try again at the start of the next one, instead of giving up.
+ This modifier is useful for recovering information from a damaged tape.
+ Use tskip(I) to skip over the bad parts.
 .PP
 Previous restrictions dealing with
 .IR tar 's

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