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Sergey Poznyakoff
2003-10-02 10:29:18 +00:00
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@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ version 1.13.26
* Added support for POSIX.1-2001 archive format.
* New option --format allows to select the output archive format
* The default output format can be selected at configuration time
by presetting the environment variable DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT.
Allowed values are GNU, V7, OLDGNU and POSIX.
by presetting the environment variable DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT.
Allowed values are GNU, V7, OLDGNU and POSIX.
* New option --strip-path allows to cut off a given number of
path elements from the name of the file being extracted.
path elements from the name of the file being extracted.
* Bug fixes.
@@ -22,22 +22,23 @@ path elements from the name of the file being extracted.
option is now the default; use --no-overwrite-dir if you prefer
the previous default behavior.
* New message translations fi (Finnish), gl (Galician), hr (Croatian),
hu (Hungarian), ms (Malaysian), nb (Norwegian), ro (Romanian), sk
(Slovak), zh_CN (Chinese simplified), zh_TW (Chinese traditional).
The code 'no' for Norwegian has been withdrawn; use 'nb' instead.
* The semantics of -o option is changed. When extracting, it
does the same as --no-same-owner GNU tar option. This is compatible
with UNIX98 tar. Otherwise, its effect is the same as that of
--old-archive option. This latter is deprecated and will be removed
in future.
does the same as --no-same-owner GNU tar option. This is compatible
with UNIX98 tar. Otherwise, its effect is the same as that of
--old-archive option. This latter is deprecated and will be removed
in future.
* New option --check-links prints a message if not all links are dumped
for a file being archived. This corresponds to the UNIX98 -l option.
The current semantics of the -l option is retained for compatibility
with previous releases, however such usage is strongly deprecated as
the option will change to its UNIX98 semantics in the future releases.
for a file being archived. This corresponds to the UNIX98 -l option.
The current semantics of the -l option is retained for compatibility
with previous releases, however such usage is strongly deprecated as
the option will change to its UNIX98 semantics in the future releases.
* New option --first-copy can be used in conjunction with one of
the subcommands --delete, --diff, --extract or --list when a list of
files is given either on the command line or via -T option. This
option instructs tar to terminate when all of the filenames from
the list were processed.
* Removed obsolete command line options:
** --absolute-paths superseeded by --absolute-names
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ the option will change to its UNIX98 semantics in the future releases.
** --record-number superseeded by --block-number
** --version-control superseeded by --backup
* New message translations fi (Finnish), gl (Galician), hr (Croatian),
hu (Hungarian), ms (Malaysian), nb (Norwegian), ro (Romanian), sk
(Slovak), zh_CN (Chinese simplified), zh_TW (Chinese traditional).
The code 'no' for Norwegian has been withdrawn; use 'nb' instead.
version 1.13.25 - Paul Eggert, 2001-09-26
* Bug fixes.
@@ -553,3 +559,8 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
Local variables:
mode: outline
paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
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