bug in -G option of tar

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From: James Roche
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1989 18:22

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Using the -G option of tar 1.4 causes the "-X file" option to not work.

If my omit file contains:
	/tmp/*

and I run:
	 tar -c -X omitfile /
then the files in /tmp are not put on the tape.

but if I run:
	tar -c -G -X omitfile /
then the files in /tmp are put on the tape.
-- 
Jim Roche
University of Rochester Computer Science Department Rochester, NY 14627
ARPA:    roche@cs.rochester.edu
UUCP:    rochester!roche

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From: roche@cs.rochester.edu (James Roche)
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Subject: bug in -G option of tar
Message-ID: <1989Mar10.132217.23868@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 10 Mar 89 18:22:17 GMT
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