Index: head/bin/pax/pax.1 =================================================================== --- head/bin/pax/pax.1 +++ head/bin/pax/pax.1 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" @(#)pax.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd March 17, 2015 +.Dd December 29, 2018 .Dt PAX 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -793,6 +793,16 @@ .Li x to indicate a product. .Pp +Note that the specified size is for the uncompressed pax image itself. +If the +.Fl z +option is also used, the resulting file may contain fewer +.Ar bytes , +according to the compressibility of the archive contents. +See +.Xr zip 1 +if compressed volumes of predictable size are required. +.Pp .Em Warning : Only use this option when writing an archive to a device which supports an end of file read condition based on last (or largest) write offset @@ -804,7 +814,7 @@ option, except that the file inode change time is checked instead of the file modification time. The file inode change time can be used to select files whose inode information -(e.g.\& uid, gid, etc.) is newer than a copy of the file in the destination +(e.g., uid, gid, etc.) is newer than a copy of the file in the destination .Ar directory . .It Fl E Ar limit Limit the number of consecutive read faults while trying to read a flawed @@ -903,7 +913,7 @@ The .Ar c specifies the comparison of inode change time (the time when the file -inode was last changed; e.g.\& a change of owner, group, mode, etc). +inode was last changed; e.g., a change of owner, group, mode, etc). When .Ar c and