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Re: LYNX-DEV typo in Lynx2-7 LYLocal.c ?
From: |
Thanh Ma |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV typo in Lynx2-7 LYLocal.c ? |
Date: |
Thu, 6 Feb 1997 09:01:51 -0500 |
Ismael Cordeiro writes:
> Rolf Puchtinger wrote:
>
> > I tried to archive directories in DIRED mode and to uncompress tar.gz
> > files. This does not work, since tar on mys system does not know an "e"
> > option. Should the options in LYLocal.c be "-cfv" and "-xfv" instead of
> > "-cfe" and "-xfe"?
>
> GNU tar doesn't have the -e option and chokes when it finds one. When I
> compile Lynx I replace -xfe with -xf and -cfe with -cf in LYLocal.c.
Removing the -e should do no harm. Here is a description:
e This modifier causes tar to quit when certain minor
errors are encountered. Otherwise tar will continue
when minor errors are encountered.
Thanh
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