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[PATCH] Drop an inaccurate phrase from the manpage
From: |
Benno Schulenberg |
Subject: |
[PATCH] Drop an inaccurate phrase from the manpage |
Date: |
Sun, 7 May 2023 08:48:17 +0200 |
Options like --help and --usage allow arguments just fine:
they are simply ignored. The words "and exit" imply this.
There is no need to mention this explicitly.
* doc/tar.1: Remove an incorrect observation, three times.
---
doc/tar.1 | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/tar.1 b/doc/tar.1
index 23ae7ac2..e87b956c 100644
--- a/doc/tar.1
+++ b/doc/tar.1
@@ -230,14 +230,13 @@ they specify names of the archive members to be extracted.
.TP
.TP
\fB\-\-show\-defaults\fR
-Show built-in defaults for various \fBtar\fR options and exit. No
-arguments are allowed.
+Show built-in defaults for various \fBtar\fR options and exit.
.TP
\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help
-Display a short option summary and exit. No arguments allowed.
+Display a short option summary and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
-Display a list of available options and exit. No arguments allowed.
+Display a list of available options and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
Print program version and copyright information and exit.
--
2.40.1
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