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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml index afa4196be1..ccf0f3901f 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/erl_tar.xml @@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ <modulesummary>Unix 'tar' utility for reading and writing tar archives</modulesummary> <description> <p>The <c>erl_tar</c> module archives and extract files to and from - a tar file. The tar file format is the POSIX extended tar file format - specified in IEEE Std 1003.1 and ISO/IEC 9945-1. That is the same - format as used by <c>tar</c> program on Solaris, but is not the same - as used by the GNU tar program.</p> + a tar file. <c>erl_tar</c> supports the <c>ustar</c> format + (IEEE Std 1003.1 and ISO/IEC 9945-1). All modern <c>tar</c> + programs (including GNU tar) can read this format. To ensure that + that GNU tar produces a tar file that <c>erl_tar</c> can read, + give the <c>--format=ustar</c> option to GNU tar.</p> <p>By convention, the name of a tar file should end in "<c>.tar</c>". To abide to the convention, you'll need to add "<c>.tar</c>" yourself to the name.</p> |