Ralph Corderoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>tar -V something -cf bar.tar dummyfile

>And is there any way to create a tar file with nothing but the volume
>label, i.e. remove the need for dummyfile above?

You could give

$ tar -V something -cf bar.tar --files-from=/dev/null

a try.
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