Re: tar extract option to keep newer files?

Ron Hardin <rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ynotssor wrote:
> >
> > "Ron Hardin" <rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:43AC045A.70F5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > > Is there a tar xf option to keep disk files newer than the archive
> > > version?
> > ...
> > > On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.
> >
> > Unless you fail to read the man page.

> My reading was that there isn't. But that seems unlikely, so the question
> is where am I misreading it, or isn't there one?

With GNU tools you want to read the info document, not the man page:
`info tar'.

And yes, there is such an option. Search for `newer':
s n e w e r [enter]

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