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revision 1.68 by gray, Thu Sep 4 15:43:35 2003 UTC revision 1.69 by gray, Thu Oct 2 10:29:18 2003 UTC
# Line 11  version 1.13.26 Line 11  version 1.13.26
11  * Added support for POSIX.1-2001 archive format.  * Added support for POSIX.1-2001 archive format.
12  * New option --format allows to select the output archive format  * New option --format allows to select the output archive format
13  * The default output format can be selected at configuration time  * The default output format can be selected at configuration time
14  by presetting the environment variable DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT.    by presetting the environment variable DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT.
15  Allowed values are GNU, V7, OLDGNU and POSIX.    Allowed values are GNU, V7, OLDGNU and POSIX.
16  * New option --strip-path allows to cut off a given number of  * New option --strip-path allows to cut off a given number of
17  path elements from the name of the file being extracted.    path elements from the name of the file being extracted.
18    
19  * Bug fixes.  * Bug fixes.
20    
# Line 22  path elements from the name of the file Line 22  path elements from the name of the file
22    option is now the default; use --no-overwrite-dir if you prefer    option is now the default; use --no-overwrite-dir if you prefer
23    the previous default behavior.    the previous default behavior.
24    
 * New message translations fi (Finnish), gl (Galician), hr (Croatian),  
   hu (Hungarian), ms (Malaysian), nb (Norwegian), ro (Romanian), sk  
   (Slovak), zh_CN (Chinese simplified), zh_TW (Chinese traditional).  
   The code 'no' for Norwegian has been withdrawn; use 'nb' instead.  
   
25  * The semantics of -o option is changed. When extracting, it  * The semantics of -o option is changed. When extracting, it
26  does the same as --no-same-owner GNU tar option. This is compatible    does the same as --no-same-owner GNU tar option. This is compatible
27  with UNIX98 tar. Otherwise, its effect is the same as that of    with UNIX98 tar. Otherwise, its effect is the same as that of
28  --old-archive option. This latter is deprecated and will be removed    --old-archive option. This latter is deprecated and will be removed
29  in future.    in future.
30    
31  * New option --check-links prints a message if not all links are dumped  * New option --check-links prints a message if not all links are dumped
32  for a file being archived. This corresponds to the UNIX98 -l option.    for a file being archived. This corresponds to the UNIX98 -l option.
33  The current semantics of the -l option is retained for compatibility    The current semantics of the -l option is retained for compatibility
34  with previous releases, however such usage is strongly deprecated as    with previous releases, however such usage is strongly deprecated as
35  the option will change to its UNIX98 semantics in the future releases.    the option will change to its UNIX98 semantics in the future releases.
36    
37    * New option --first-copy can be used in conjunction with one of
38      the subcommands --delete, --diff, --extract or --list when a list of
39      files is given either on the command line or via -T option. This
40      option instructs tar to terminate when all of the filenames from
41      the list were processed.
42    
43  * Removed obsolete command line options:  * Removed obsolete command line options:
44  ** --absolute-paths superseeded by --absolute-names  ** --absolute-paths superseeded by --absolute-names
# Line 48  the option will change to its UNIX98 sem Line 49  the option will change to its UNIX98 sem
49  ** --record-number superseeded by --block-number  ** --record-number superseeded by --block-number
50  ** --version-control superseeded by --backup  ** --version-control superseeded by --backup
51    
52    * New message translations fi (Finnish), gl (Galician), hr (Croatian),
53      hu (Hungarian), ms (Malaysian), nb (Norwegian), ro (Romanian), sk
54      (Slovak), zh_CN (Chinese simplified), zh_TW (Chinese traditional).
55      The code 'no' for Norwegian has been withdrawn; use 'nb' instead.
56    
57  version 1.13.25 - Paul Eggert, 2001-09-26  version 1.13.25 - Paul Eggert, 2001-09-26
58    
59  * Bug fixes.  * Bug fixes.
# Line 553  You should have received a copy of the G Line 559  You should have received a copy of the G
559  along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to  along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
560  the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,  the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
561  Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
562    
563    Local variables:
564    mode: outline
565    paragraph-separate: "[   ]*$"
566    end:

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