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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-07 +GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-08 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org> -version 1.19.1 (CVS) +version 1.19.90 (CVS) * New option --auto-compress (-a) @@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ they refer to, instead of creating usual hard link members (type '1'). This action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hitting a checkpoint. Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the default), -echo=string, and sleep=value. Any number of `--checkpoint-action' -options can be specified, the actions will be executed in order of -their appearance in the command line. +echo=string, ttyout=string, exec=cmdline, and sleep=value. Any number +of `--checkpoint-action' options can be specified, the actions will be +executed in order of their appearance in the command line. See +chapter 3.8 "Checkpoints" for a complete description. * The --transform option. @@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ Filename transformations are applied to symbolic link targets during both creation and extraction. Tar 1.19 used them only during extraction. +For a detailed description, see chapter 6.7 "Modifying File and Member +Names". + * Info (end-of-volume) scripts The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and |