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Supply more information to the --to-command script.

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* src/system.c (stat_to_env): Pass information about the current
volume in variables TAR_ARCHIVE, TAR_VOLUME, TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR,
TAR_FORMAT.
* doc/tar.texi: Document new environment variables.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* configure.ac: Version number 1.22.91.
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Sergey Poznyakoff
2010-02-25 10:34:29 +02:00
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@@ -5430,9 +5430,32 @@ UID of the file owner.
GID of the file owner.
@end table
In addition to these variables, @env{TAR_VERSION} contains the
Additionally, the following variables contain information about
tar mode and the archive being processed:
@table @env
@vrindex TAR_VERSION, to-command environment
@item TAR_VERSION
@GNUTAR{} version number.
@vrindex TAR_ARCHIVE, to-command environment
@item TAR_ARCHIVE
The name of the archive @command{tar} is processing.
@vrindex TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, to-command environment
@item TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR
Current blocking factor (@pxref{Blocking}.
@vrindex TAR_VOLUME, to-command environment
@item TAR_VOLUME
Ordinal number of the volume @command{tar} is processing.
@vrindex TAR_FORMAT, to-command environment
@item TAR_FORMAT
Format of the archive being processed. @xref{Formats}, for a complete
list of archive format names.
@end table
If @var{command} exits with a non-0 status, @command{tar} will print
an error message similar to the following: