Test that tar correctly handles non-option arguments interspersed with options.

tests/options02.at

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+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
+
+# Test suite for GNU tar.
+# Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+# 02111-1307, USA.
+
+# Ensure that tar correctly handles non-option arguments interspersed with
+# options.
+# References: <200501051042.46223.vapier@gentoo.org>
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2005-01/msg00011.html
+
+AT_SETUP([options02])
+AT_KEYWORDS([options02])
+
+AT_CHECK([
+echo > file1
+tar c file1 -f archive
+tar tf archive
+],
+[0],
+[file1
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
+