GNU Tar and -T option

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Aug 08), Karl Vogel said:
> >> On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:31:48 -0500, 
> >> Jay Hall <jhall at socket.net> said:
> 
> J> Has anyone had any luck using the -T option with GNU tar 1.16.1?  I am
> J> using the following command line.
> J>   /usr/local/gtar/bin/tar -c -T filelist -f - | dd of=/dev/nsa1 obs=128k
> 
>    I had no problems using that command line with GNU tar versions 1.14 and
>    1.22.  I'd grab the source and upgrade if I were you:
>      http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.22.tar.gz

gnutar 1.22 is in ports, which makes it even easier to test.  bsdtar
supports the -T option, too, so you shouldn't even need gnutar.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com