Sergey Poznyakoff wrote: > It does not ignore it. It is simply useless in this form (with no > arguments following it). The -C option affects all other options > and arguments that follow it, up to the next -C option or end > of command line, whichever occurs first. This is important for > certain tar operations. Consider, for example, this: > > tar -cf arc.tar -C /usr/src dir -C /etc default
Thanks for explaining. Would it be possible to make 'tar' emit a warning when the last '-C' option comes so late that it is not used? Bruno
