Hi,
--files-from do not recursively extract since tar-1.27
In tar-1.26, i could put a directory name in a 'list' file and run ' tar
-xvf archive.tar --files-from list' to extract the directory recursively.
In tar-1.27 and tar-1.28 it extract only the directory, nothing inside it.
How to
Hi Jean-Louis,
--files-from do not recursively extract since tar-1.27
Thanks for reporting. Please try the attached patch.
Regards,
Sergey
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From: Sergey Poznyakoff g...@gnu.org.ua
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:06:40 +0300
Hi Sergey,
The patch fix the first issue I reported, but not the second.
mkdir dir1
touch dir1/file1.1 dir1/file1.2
tar cf archive.tar dir1
echo dir1/ list ## NOTE the /
rm -rf dir1
tar xvf archive.tar --files-from list
$ ../tar-1.26/src/tar xvf archive.tar --files-from list
dir1/
The patch fix the first issue I reported, but not the second.
Yes, indeed. I have installed the following patch instead, which
fixes both issues.
Regards,
Sergey
* src/common.h (name_add_file): Change signature.
* src/names.c (name_elt_alloc_matflags): New function.
(name_add_name): Use
