Hello there, As you already know tar will not work as expected when using -Tg --no-recursion and AFAICS this 'bug' is present in tar 1.19 too. I've found older bug reports about this where you explained the situation.
I suggest that when -T is used with -g and --no-recursion, tar should not look at directory contents. The files to be listed in a directory should be only those that are listed in the -T file (tar should only use this list). This would act as a special case. I understand that those options are incompatible (almost) by definition, but the 3 of them are essential in any advanced backup procedure, where the files to be backed up are provided by another program and not by tar and I believe that their combination should be handled as a special case. Best regards, Harhalakis Stefanos p.s. please CC me if you reply to this mail
