Re: [Bug-tar] Combination of -T and --no-recursion (behavior change in 1.29)

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Norihiro,

Yes, --recursive is position-sensitive option and as such it must be
used before arguments it is supposed to affect.  Please see 3.4.4
"Position-Sensitive Options"[1], for details.

Regards,
Sergey

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/tar_22.html