tar doesn't behave the same when --listed-incremental option is *not* used - it outputs an empty archive instead
also, would you please show me a reference to tar user manual where this intended behaviour is described. regards, mikeY On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Sergey Poznyakoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael <[email protected]> ha escrit: > >> Running " tar --create --listed-incremental=snapshot >> --file=not_so_empty.tar --files-from=empty_list_file " >> where "emtpy_list_file" has length of zero, tar includes all the files >> in the current working directory > > This is intended. Empty file list implies '.', i.e. current working > directory. > > Regards, > Sergey >
