tar fs copy

[Dave Curry]

In article <13700116 at uiucdcs> acheng at uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>Our 4.2 version of tar.c doesnot have a -C option nor does the man page
>says so.  What is it suppose to do?
>
>In the search of the 'C' option, i found an 'F' option.  Again, no comment,
>no man page coverage.  


The 'F' option is neat.... if you double it, 'FF', then tar will
not put any files whose names end in ".o" onto the tape.  For
example:

	tar cvFF /usr/src

would put all the sources on, but leave the objects off.  I don't
know what a single 'F' does...

--Dave Curry