It seems that something got broken betwixt 1.14 and 1.15.1
Previously
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$ /home/alex/src/tar-1.14/src/tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.14
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$ /home/alex/src/tar-1.14/src/tar cf xxx.tar TEXT/ --remove-files
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$
Now
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$ tar cf xxx.tar TEXT/ --remove-files
tar: --remove-files: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$ tar cf zzz.tar --remove-files TEXT/
Oddly enough
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$ tar cf zzz.tar --remove-files TEXT/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] testdata]$
Works
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Alex V Flinsch
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Rutgers University
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