I don't think they have a zip for the nightly build, and in any case, you can't use a zip for CVS.<br><br>Actually, I tried the ¦more pipe, and that seemed to work to some extent. I was able to find help... but it doesn't seem to be working all that well for me.. Somebody with more experience might know which options I might need?<br><br>So I'll post the entire list... I apologize for the length.<br><br>GNU `tar' saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can restore individual files from the archive.<br><br>Usage: /CYGNUS/CYGWIN~1/H-I586~1/BIN/TAR.EXE [OPTION]... [FILE]...<br><br>If a long option shows an argument as mandatory, then it is mandatory for the equivalent short option also. Similarly for optional arguments.<br><br>Main operation mode:<br>-t, --list list the contents of an archive<br>-x, --extract, --get extract files from an archive<br>-c, --create create a new archive<br>-d, --diff, --compare find differences between archive and file system<br>-r, --append append files to the end of an archive<br>-u, --update only append files newer than copy in archive<br>-A, --catenate append tar files to an archive<br>--concatenate same as -A<br>--delete delete from the archive (not on mag tapes!)<br><br>Operation modifiers:<br>-W, --verify attempt to verify the archive after writing it<br>--remove-files remove files after adding them to the archive<br>-k, --keep-old-files don't overwrite existing files when extracting<br>-U, --unlink-first remove each file prior to extracting over it<br>--recursive-unlink empty hierarchies prior to extracting directory<br>--sparse handle sparse files efficiently<br>-O, --to-stdout extract files to standard output<br>-G, --incremental handle old GNU-format incremental backup<br>-g, --listed-incremental handle new GNU-format incremental backup<br>--ignore-failed-read do not exit with nonzero on unreadable files<br><br>Handling of file attributes:<br>--owner=NAME force NAME as owner for added files<br>--group=NAME force NAME as group for added files<br>--mode=CHANGES force (symbolic) mode CHANGES for added files<br>--atime-preserve don't change access times on dumped files<br>--modification-time don't extract file modified time<br>--same-owner try extracting files with the same ownership<br>--numeric-owner always use numbers for user/group names<br>-p, --same-permissions extract all protection information<br>--preserve-permissions same as -p<br>-order sort names to extract to match archive<br>--preserve-order same as -s<br>--preserve same as both -p and -s<br><br>Device selection and switching:<br>-f, --file=ARCHIVE use archive file or device ARCHIVE<br>--force-local archive file is local even if has a colon<br>--rsh-command=COMMAND use remote COMMAND instead of rsh<br>-[0-7][lmh] specify drive and density<br>-M, --multi-volume create/list/extract multi-volume archive<br>-L, --tape-length=NUM change tape after writing NUM x 1024 bytes<br>-F, --info-script=FILE run script at end of each tape (implies -M)<br>--new-volume-script=FILE same as -F FILE<br>--volno-file=FILE use/update the volume number in FILE<br><br>Device blocking:<br>-b, --blocking-factor=BLOCKS BLOCKS x 512 bytes per record<br>--record-size=SIZE SIZE bytes per record, multiple of 512<br>-i, --ignore-zeros ignore zeroed blocks in archive (means EOF)<br>-B, --read-full-records reblock as we read (for 4.2BSD pipes)<br><br>Archive format selection:<br>-V, --label=NAME create archive with volume name NAME PATTERN at list/extract time, a globbing PATTERN<br>-o, --old-archive, --portability write a V7 format archive<br>--posix write a POSIX conformant archive<br>-z, --gzip, --ungzip filter the archive through gzip<br>-Z, --compress, --uncompress filter the arc<br>hive through compress<br>--use-compress-program=PROG filter through PROG (must accept -d)<br><br>Local file selection:<br>-C, --directory=DIR change to directory DIR<br>-T, --files-from=NAME get names to extract or create from file NAME<br>--null -T reads null-terminated names, disable -C<br>--exclude=PATTERN exclude files, given as a globbing PATTERN<br>-X, --exclude-from=FILE exclude globbing patterns listed in FILE<br>-P, --absolute-names don't strip leading `/'s from file names<br>-h, --dereference dump instead the files symlinks point to<br>--no-recursion avoid descending automatically in directories<br>-l, --one-file-system stay in local file system when creating archive<br>-K, --starting-file=NAME begin at file NAME in the archive<br>-N, --newer=DATE only store files newer than DATE<br>--newer-mtime compare date and time when data changed only<br>--after-date=DATE same as -N<br>--backup[=CONTROL] backup before removal, choose version control<br>--suffix=SUFFIX backup before removel, override usual suffix<br><br>Informative output:<br>--help print this help, then exit<br>--version print tar program version number, then exit<br>-v, --verbose verbosely list files processed<br>--checkpoint print directory names while reading the archive<br>--totals print total bytes written while creating archive<br>-R, --block-number show block number within archive with each message<br>-w, --interactive ask for confirmation for every action<br><br>--confirmation same as -w<br><br>The backup suffix is `~', unless set with --suffix or SIMPLE_BACKUP_SUFFIX.<br>The version control may be set with --backup or VERSION_CONTROL, values are:<br><br>t, numbered make numbered backups<br>nil, existing numbered if numbered backups exist, simple otherwise<br>never, simple always make simple backups<br><br>GNU tar cannot read nor produce `--posix' archives. If POSIXLY_CORRECT<br>is set in the environment, GNU extensions are disallowed with `--posix'<br>.<br>Support for POSIX is only partially implemented, don't count on it yet.<br>ARCHIVE may be FILE, HOST:FILE or USER@HOST:FILE; and FILE may be a file<br>or a device. *This* `tar' defaults to `-f- -b20'. <p>Liam Morley<br><a href=mailto:lmorley@wpi.edu>lmorley@wpi.edu</a><br><a href=
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