ChangeLog

src/common.h

@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ GLOBAL enum subcommand subcommand_option;
 /* Selected format for output archive.  */
 GLOBAL enum archive_format archive_format;
 
-/* Either NL or NUL, as decided by the --null option.  */
-GLOBAL char filename_terminator;
-
 /* Size of each record, once in blocks, once in bytes.  Those two variables
    are always related, the second being BLOCKSIZE times the first.  They do
    not have _option in their name, even if their values is derived from

src/names.c

@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ static int matching_flags; /* exclude_fnmatch options */
    static storage and can't be relied upon across two calls.
 
    If CHANGE_DIRS is true, treat any entries of type NELT_CHDIR as
-   the request to change to the given directory.  If filename_terminator
-   is NUL, CHANGE_DIRS is effectively always false.
-
+   the request to change to the given directory.
+   
    Entries of type NELT_FMASK cause updates of the matching_flags
    value. */
 struct name_elt *
@@ -301,9 +300,6 @@ name_next_elt (int change_dirs)
   const char *source;
   char *cursor;
 
-  if (filename_terminator == '\0')
-    change_dirs = 0;
-
   while (name_index != names)
     {
       struct name_elt *ep;

src/tar.c

@@ -1042,6 +1042,9 @@ report_textual_dates (struct tar_args *args)
 
 static volatile int _argp_hang;
 
+/* Either NL or NUL, as decided by the --null option.  */
+static char filename_terminator;
+
 enum read_file_list_state  /* Result of reading file name from the list file */
   {
     file_list_success,     /* OK, name read successfully */