Re: [Bug-tar] Tar doesn't stop tape after extracting all specified files

[Paul Eggert]

Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> writes:

> I've just added the new option that instructs tar to stop further
> processing of the archive when it has found all of the files listed
> on the command line or via -T option (except regexps, of course).

What does it do if the named files are actually directories?  Does it
extract all files under those directories (unless --no-recursion is
also specified)?  That would be the most useful behavior.

> I have named it --first-copy. Is this name OK?

Does this option actually cause 'tar' to extract the first copy of
each file from the archive, ignoring any later copies?  If so, it's a
reasonable name.  If not, it is a slightly different behavior than the
one that was requested, though it is a useful behavior in its own
right.