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Article #908Confusing message with `tar -T' in tar-1.11.1
From: Derek Clegg
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:53
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:53
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Using `-T' with an empty file causes tar version 1.11.1 to print a confusing message: % tar -T - -cf - ^D tar: can't add file (null pointer) : Bad address Derek B Clegg (dclegg@next.com)
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Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!next.com!Derek_Clegg From: Derek_Clegg@next.com (Derek Clegg) Subject: Confusing message with `tar -T' in tar-1.11.1 Message-ID: <9210131953.AA24275@oz.NeXT.COM> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Distribution: gnu Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:53:31 GMT Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 7