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| author | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2010-02-25 10:34:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua> | 2010-02-25 10:41:18 +0200 |
| commit | 762be4f2bd696b3fcc381da7d78fcdd4114215ec (patch) | |
| tree | ecfc58a4cf397af582d873cd7ad4f513422a4dd7 /doc | |
| parent | b7899bb121c496f95f3d6f071bc38e493f15370b (diff) | |
| download | tar-762be4f2bd696b3fcc381da7d78fcdd4114215ec.tar.gz | |
Supply more information to the --to-command script.
* src/system.c (stat_to_env): Pass information about the current
volume in variables TAR_ARCHIVE, TAR_VOLUME, TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR,
TAR_FORMAT.
* doc/tar.texi: Document new environment variables.
* NEWS: Likewise.
* configure.ac: Version number 1.22.91.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tar.texi | 25 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/tar.texi b/doc/tar.texi index 9a8b1719..abc81df3 100644 --- a/doc/tar.texi +++ b/doc/tar.texi @@ -5430,9 +5430,32 @@ UID of the file owner. GID of the file owner. @end table -In addition to these variables, @env{TAR_VERSION} contains the +Additionally, the following variables contain information about +tar mode and the archive being processed: + +@table @env +@vrindex TAR_VERSION, to-command environment +@item TAR_VERSION @GNUTAR{} version number. +@vrindex TAR_ARCHIVE, to-command environment +@item TAR_ARCHIVE +The name of the archive @command{tar} is processing. + +@vrindex TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR, to-command environment +@item TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR +Current blocking factor (@pxref{Blocking}. + +@vrindex TAR_VOLUME, to-command environment +@item TAR_VOLUME +Ordinal number of the volume @command{tar} is processing. + +@vrindex TAR_FORMAT, to-command environment +@item TAR_FORMAT +Format of the archive being processed. @xref{Formats}, for a complete +list of archive format names. +@end table + If @var{command} exits with a non-0 status, @command{tar} will print an error message similar to the following: |