On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:55:52PM -0000, Steven Hartland wrote: > A totally empty file is not valid try the following test:- >> touch empty >> tar cvzf test.tar.gz --files-from empty >> tar tvzf test.tar.gz tar: Unrecognized archive format: Inappropriate file >> type or format >> tar --version >> bsdtar 1.2.53 - libarchive 1.2.53 >> gtar tvzf test.tar.gz >> gtar --version >> tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 > > Tested on: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9
No problem on 7.0-BETA3 (amd64); touch empty tar cvzf test.tar.gz --files-from empty tar tvzf test.tar.gz tar --version bsdtar 2.2.5 - libarchive 2.2.4 ls -l empty test.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 rsmith rsmith 0 Jan 11 01:14 empty -rw-r--r-- 1 rsmith rsmith 45 Jan 11 01:14 test.tar.gz Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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