When using -remove-files together with -r and -C wrong files will be removed.
> tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.26 Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. > mkdir foo > echo bar > bar > echo foobar > foo/bar > tar -cf foo.tar --remove-files -C foo bar > find . ./bar ./foo ./foo.tar > echo foobar > foo/bar > tar -rf foo.tar --remove-files -C foo bar > find . ./foo ./foo/bar ./foo.tar
