--- tar.1.orig Wed Apr 10 19:56:21 2002 +++ tar.1 Wed Apr 10 21:14:42 2002 @@ -149,19 +149,19 @@ .TP .I filename1 [ filename2, ... filenameN ] .TP -.I directory1 [ directory2, ...directoryN ] +.I directory1 [ directory2, ... directoryN ] .SH DESCRIPTION .LP This manual page documents the GNU version of -.B tar -, an archiving program designed to store and extract files from +.B tar , +an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a -.IR tarfile. +.IR tarfile . A .IR tarfile may be made on a tape drive, however, it is also common to write a -.IR tarfile +.I tarfile to a normal file. The first argument to .B tar @@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ create archive with volume name NAME .TP .B --version -print tar program version number +print +.B tar +program version number .TP .B -w, --interactive, --confirmation ask for confirmation for every action