John Hein wrote: > You may want to update the info page... > > ============== > The `--null' option is just like the one in GNU `xargs' and `cpio', > and is useful with the `-print0' predicate of GNU `find'. In `tar', > `--null' also causes `--directory=DIRECTORY' (`-C DIRECTORY') options > to be treated as file names to archive, in case there are any files out > there called `-C'. > ==============
Ah, this is different in the info page for 1.19, which says ... "In `tar', `--null' also disables special handling for file names that begin with dash." I'm curious though (and will probably pull down the source since I'll have to compile a new version with patch) - I thought that because the command line ordering seemed "sensitive" (-C had to be be placed before --files-from) that this wouldn't have been an issue. > This is at least somewhat unclear. I guess with this patch the description could revert back to the 1.19. Thanks all for the quick feedback! Cheers. -- Regards, Daryl Tester "A long time ago, I stopped thinking that 'User must click OK to scary-looking message' was any sort of road bump for malware." -- Valdis Kletnieks
