I don't think it's from GNU tar, because in GNU tar the N option requires a date argument. I assumed it was an AIX-ism? Anyway, Compaq tar works fine without the N option.
On Friday 27 Apr 01, David Thompson writes: > Gnu tar says that it means to only store files older than a certain > date. I would assume then that it would be okay to remove this. > > >Greetings, > > > >I am attempting to build OpenDX from CVS on Compaq Tru64 UNIX 5.0. > >It does not accept the 'N' option to tar, as supplied here in > >html/Makefile.am: > > > >> install-data-local: > >> ... > >> tar xpoNf $$f/pages.tar ; \ > >> tar xpoNf $$f/images.tar ; \ > >> ... > > > >What does the N option do? Perhaps 'xpof' is sufficient, and more > >portable?
