Re: [Bug-tar] TAR creates hard links or duplicated files inside archive when using -T option

[Joerg Schilling]

Tim Kientzle <address@hidden> wrote:

> > Put into list.txt :
> > _manifest
> > r/androidTrophy.dat
> > r/libs/
> > r/libs/libAndroid.so
> > r/InsTime
> > r/prefs/
> > r/prefs/gl_ver
> > 
> > tar -cvf myarchive.tar -T list.txt
> > 
> > There are 2 hard links created, libAndroid.so and gl_ver
>
> You need to specify -n

I would call this problem a cause from inconsistent behavior in gnu tar.

The default behavior for working on a file list within a file should be not to 
descent directories as done on star. Star has an option -dodesc for the rare 
cases when you really need the behavior.

Jörg

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