Re: [Bug-tar] make your tar archive even more anonymous

[Joerg Schilling]

Denis Excoffier <address@hidden> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> When tar (e.g. tar-1.26) creates an archive of a directory, the
> ordering of files (as shown by "ls -f") is preserved in the archive.
>
> I would like an option to make this ordering constant (e.g. alphanumeric),
> in order that two directories that compare equal (with "diff -r") would
> produce the same archive (provided of course that appropriate --mtime,
> --owner, --group and --mode options are also set to the same values).

Why exactly do you like to have this?

> Note. "diff -r" is not the better tool for directory comparison since
> symbolic links are always traversed. But you get the picture.

Because diff -r is not useful for tree comparing in general, star supports a 
user tailorable -diff option.

Did you check "star -diff -v diffopts=...."?

Jörg

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