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authorPatrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2023-04-29 00:50:03 (EDT)
committer Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2023-04-29 01:14:59 (EDT)
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files into CONTROL-DIR.
-d, --data-dir=DATA-DIR In build mode, read data files from DATA-DIR.
-f, --control-file=CONTROL-FILE Print the contents of the named control file.
+ If this option is given multiple times, the
+ named control files will be printed in the
+ order they appear in the package.
-F, --data-file=DATA-FILE Print the contents of the named data file.
+ If this option is given multiple times, the
+ named data files will be printed in the order
+ they appear in the package.
-l, --list-control List the control files.
- -L, --list-data List the data files.
+ -L, --list-data List the data files. The list is currently
+ produced in a format similar to that
+ generated by GNU and BusyBox tar's verbose
+ listing. User and group IDs and names are
+ not checked against those on the host system,
+ since they may differ.
+ -h, --help Show this help information and exit.
+ -V, --version Show version information and exit.
-f and -l are mutually exclusive
-F and -L are mutually exclusive