> >> 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
 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2006-06/msg00001.html

Reading the changelog for GNU tar 1.15.91 is even more frightening, it
does not affect only the exclude file, but it does affect the extract
command: tar xf foo.tar *.c now means to extract the file name "*.c",
not all the files ending with .c 

How would amrestore react?

For safety, one should not use tar 1.15.91 right now I guess.

Olivier