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@@ -16,12 +16,20 @@ it is treated as tar command line option.
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Use the --verbatim-files-from option to disable this special handling.
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This facilitates the use of tar with file lists created automatically
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-(e.g. by file(1) command).
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+(e.g. by find(1) command).
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This option affects all --files-from options that occur after it in
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the command line. Its effect is reverted by the
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--no-verbatim-files-from option.
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+* --null option reads file names verbatim
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+The --null option implies --verbatim-files-from. I.e. each line
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+read from null-delimited file lists is treated as a file name.
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+This restores the documented behavior, which was broken in version
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+1.27.
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* New options: --owner-map=FILE and --group-map=FILE
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These two options provide fine-grained control over what user/group
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@@ -40,14 +48,6 @@ NEWID is supplied, NEWNAME must also be either a valid name or a
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+ID. Otherwise, both NEWNAME and NEWID need not be listed in the
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system user database.
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-* --null option reads file names verbatim
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-
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-The --null option implies --verbatim-files-from. I.e. each line
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-read from null-delimited file lists is treated as a file name.
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-
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-This restores the documented behavior, which was broken in version
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-1.27.
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-
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* Sparse file detection
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Tar now uses SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE on systems that support it. This
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