-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2009-10-07
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2010-02-25
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-version 1.22.90 (Git)
+version 1.22.91 (Git)
* Record size autodetection
suppresses the output of `A lone zero block' diagnostics, which is
normally issued if `archive' ends with a single block of zeros.
+See Tar Manual, section 3.9 "Controlling Warning Messages", for a
+detailed discussion.
+
* New command line option `--level'
The `--level=N' option sets the incremental dump level N. It
* Time references in --pax-option argument.
Any value from the --pax-option argument that is enclosed in a pair
-of curly braces. In that case, the string between the braces is
-understood either as a textual time representation, as described in
+of curly braces represents a time reference. The string between the
+braces is understood either as a textual time representation, as described in
chapter 7, "Date input formats", of the Tar manual, or as a name of
-the existing file, starting with `/' or `.'. In the latter
+an existing file, starting with `/' or `.'. In the latter
case, the value is replaced with the modification time of that file.
+* Environment of --to-command script.
+
+The environment passed to the --to-command script is extended with
+the following variables:
+
+ TAR_VERSION GNU tar version number
+ TAR_ARCHIVE The name of the archive
+ TAR_VOLUME Ordinal number of the volume
+ TAR_FORMAT Format of the archive
+ TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR Current blocking factor
+
* Bugfixes
** Fix handling of hard link targets by -c --transform.
** Fix hard links recognition with -c --remove-files.
** Correctly restore modes and permissions on existing directories.
** The --remove-files option removes the files only if they were
succesfully stored in the archive.
+** Fix storing and listing of the volume labels in POSIX format.
+** Improve algorithm for splitting long file names (ustar
+format).
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version 1.22 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2009-03-05
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