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authorBartosz Kosiorek <gang65@poczta.onet.pl>2019-05-22 19:29:08 (GMT)
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2019-05-23 14:08:22 (GMT)
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cmake: tar: Allow selective extracting and listing of archives
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-rw-r--r--Help/manual/cmake.1.rst12
-rw-r--r--Help/release/dev/cmake-e-tar-extract-specific-files.rst8
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index df0d4c5..97c65e7 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -528,16 +528,22 @@ Available commands are:
``sleep <number>...``
Sleep for given number of seconds.
-``tar [cxt][vf][zjJ] file.tar [<options>] [--] [<file>...]``
+``tar [cxt][vf][zjJ] file.tar [<options>] [--] [<pathname>...]``
Create or extract a tar or zip archive. Options are:
``c``
Create a new archive containing the specified files.
- If used, the <file> argument is mandatory.
+ If used, the ``<pathname>...`` argument is mandatory.
``x``
Extract to disk from the archive.
+ The ``<pathname>...`` argument could be used to extract only selected files
+ or directories.
+ When extracting selected files or directories, you must provide their exact
+ names including the path, as printed by list (``-t``).
``t``
- List archive contents to stdout.
+ List archive contents.
+ The ``<pathname>...`` argument could be used to list only selected files
+ or directories.
``v``
Produce verbose output.
``z``
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/cmake-e-tar-extract-specific-files.rst b/Help/release/dev/cmake-e-tar-extract-specific-files.rst
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index 0000000..4ab3eab
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+++ b/Help/release/dev/cmake-e-tar-extract-specific-files.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+cmake-e-tar-extract-specific-files
+----------------------------------
+
+* The :manual:`cmake(1)` ``-E tar`` tool allow for extract (``-x``) or list
+ (``-t``) only specific files or directories. To select pathnames append
+ a space-separated list of file names or directories.
+ When extracting selected files or directories, you must provide their exact
+ pathname, as printed by list (``-t``)