[Bug-tar] problem with gnu tar

[Wayne Cripps]

Hi -

 I am trying to use the -N, or --after-date option, and I
found that it was backing up files based on ctime rather
than mtime.  So I changed the file create.c, line 860
removing the ! from before after_date_option in the lines

 if (!incremental_option && !S_ISDIR (current_stat.st_mode)
      && current_stat.st_mtime < newer_mtime_option
      && (after_date_option || current_stat.st_ctime < newer_ctime_option))

 and now it seems to be working as I want it to, backing up files
with a modification time after the date supplied, rather than the
ctime after the date supplied, when the after_date_option variable
has been set.

 I am not clear on whether my expectations of the --after-date are
wrong, or whether this is a bug in tar.

        Wayne