Olivier Nicole wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have put together the following srcipt
> http://www.cs.ait.ac.th/~on/testgtar to help testing exclude patterns
> in GNU tar.
> 
> This is a simple Perl script, that should run on any installation; but
> I'd like to receive comments about the way I could improve it (this
> not working being first candidate for improvement :)
> 
I haven't had a chance to test the script yet, but since I ran across
this thread about changes in GNU tar from the Debian developers list
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/06/msg01108.html> default
pattern matching action in tar 1.19, it is important for everyone to
check to be sure your includes/excludes still do what they used to.

Frank

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