Hi! bsd tar parse only '[!...]' as negate pattern, but gnu tar and bsd tar on 8-STABLE parse '[^...]' too:
# uname -a FreeBSD laptop.levsha.me 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #4 r212602M: Wed Sep 15 04:50:20 EEST 2010 r...@laptop.levsha.me:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LEVSHA amd64 # tar --version bsdtar 2.8.3 - libarchive 2.7.901a # tar -tzvf test.tbz -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 a -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 b -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 c -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 d # tar -tzvf test.tbz --exclude '[!a]' -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 a # tar -tzvf test.tbz --exclude '[^a]' -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 b -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 c -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 Oct 5 01:27 d # gtar -tzvf test.tbz --exclude '[^a]' -rw-r--r-- levsha/levsha 0 2010-10-05 01:27 a # # uname -a FreeBSD levsha.kiev.xxx.com.ua 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #10 r212252: Mon Sep 6 13:12:07 EEST 2010 r...@levsha.kiev.xxx.com.ua:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LEVSHA i386 # tar --version bsdtar 2.7.0 - libarchive 2.7.0 # tar -tzvf test.tbz -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 5 жов 01:27 a -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 5 жов 01:27 b -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 5 жов 01:27 c -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 5 жов 01:27 d # tar -tzvf test.tbz --exclude '[!a]' -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 5 жов 01:27 a # tar -tzvf test.tbz --exclude '[^a]' -rw-r--r-- 0 levsha levsha 0 5 жов 01:27 a # Fix: Index: usr.bin/tar/pathmatch.c =================================================================== --- usr.bin/tar/pathmatch.c (revision 212602) +++ usr.bin/tar/pathmatch.c (working copy) @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ /* * Check whether a character 'c' is matched by a list specification [...]: - * * Leading '!' negates the class. + * * Leading '!' or '^' negates the class. * * <char>-<char> is a range of characters * * \<char> removes any special meaning for <char> * @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ (void)flags; /* UNUSED */ /* If this is a negated class, return success for nomatch. */ - if (*p == '!' && p < end) { + if ((*p == '!' || *p == '^') && p < end) { match = 0; nomatch = 1; ++p; -- LEFT-(UANIC|RIPE) JID: lev...@jabber.net.ua PGP fingerprint: 1BCD 7C80 2E04 7282 C944 B0E0 7E67 619E 4E72 9280
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