bug in -G option of tar

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1 total messages Started by James Roche Fri, 10 Mar 1989 18:22

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Author: 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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