GNU `tar' saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and\n\
can restore individual files from the archive.\n"),
stdout);
- printf (_("\nUsage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n"), program_name);
+ printf (_("\nUsage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
+\n\
+Examples:\n\
+ %s -cf archive.tar foo bar # Create archive.tar from files foo and bar.\n\
+ %s -tvf archive.tar # List all files in archive.tar verbosely.\n\
+ %s -xf archive.tar # Extract all files from archive.tar.\n"),
+ program_name, program_name, program_name, program_name);
fputs (_("\
\n\
If a long option shows an argument as mandatory, then it is mandatory\n\
ARCHIVE may be FILE, HOST:FILE or USER@HOST:FILE; and FILE may be a file\n\
or a device. *This* `tar' defaults to `-f%s -b%d'.\n"),
DEFAULT_ARCHIVE, DEFAULT_BLOCKING);
- fputs (_("\
-\n\
-Report bugs to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.\n"),
- stdout);
+ fputs (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.\n"), stdout);
}
exit (status);
}