From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 19:20:10 +0200
option, or use the command @samp{tar -C / @dots{}}.
@cindex Ultrix 3.1 and write failure
-Some versions of Unix (Ultrix 3.1 is know to have this problem),
+Some versions of Unix (Ultrix 3.1 is known to have this problem),
can claim that a short write near the end of a tape succeeded,
when it actually failed. This will result in the -M option not
working correctly. The best workaround at the moment is to use a