John Hein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha escrit:

>    The `--null' option is just like the one in GNU `xargs' and `cpio',
> and is useful with the `-print0' predicate of GNU `find'.  In `tar',
> `--null' also causes `--directory=DIRECTORY' (`-C DIRECTORY') options
> to be treated as file names to archive, in case there are any files out
> there called `-C'.
> ==============
 
In fact, entries read from a file supplied with the -T option
are treated exactly as if they were typed at the command line, i.e.
it there happen to be any options in it, they are obeyed.  This is
suppressed if --null option is given.  That's what this paragraph
was meant to explain.

Regards,
Sergey




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