Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > > I have put together the following srcipt > http://www.cs.ait.ac.th/~on/testgtar to help testing exclude patterns > in GNU tar. > > This is a simple Perl script, that should run on any installation; but > I'd like to receive comments about the way I could improve it (this > not working being first candidate for improvement :) > I haven't had a chance to test the script yet, but since I ran across this thread about changes in GNU tar from the Debian developers list <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/06/msg01108.html> default pattern matching action in tar 1.19, it is important for everyone to check to be sure your includes/excludes still do what they used to.
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