On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:34:41 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > What does this have to do with GNU tar and it adding superflous > options? Quite a lot. -j et.al. are non-standard options. If a > (badly written) script relies on the presence of -j, this script > won't work with a POSIX compliant tar
The script is only badly written if it is supposed to be POSIX compliant. Additional features can enhance a program and make scripts using it more readable/efficient/compact, providing the environment does not require POSIX-compliance. e.g. portage can use tar-specific enhancements if tar is in system on all profiles. -- Neil Bothwick If at first you don't succeed, you'll get a lot of free advice from folks who didn't succeed either.
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