Re: [Bug-tar] tar -vf /dev/stdout produces corrupted archives

[Tim Kientzle]

fedusr wrote:
> But it remains a little bit strange resp. a dilemma. 
> The 'GNU Coreutils Manual' says:

Perhaps more relevant are the following excerpts from
The Single UNIX ® Specification, Version 2, 1997
(Note that "tar" was dropped from later standards):

v
    (Verbose.) Write to standard error the name of
    each file processed ... When used with the t
    function letter, v writes to standard output ...

STDOUT

    When the f modifier is used with ... -, the standard
output is an archive ... When the t function letter is
used, the standard output consists of the names of the
files ... Otherwise, the standard output is not used.

STDERR

    The standard error is used for diagnostic messages
and the filename output described under the v modifier
(when the t function letter is not used).