tar/tests/options03.at

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# Test suite for GNU tar.
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AT_SETUP([TAR_OPTIONS with string arguments])
AT_KEYWORDS([options options03])

# Check whether string values are passed correctly through the
# TAR_OPTIONS environment variable.  In tar 1.29 the stored values
# were inadvertenlty freedm which caused TAR_OPTION to malfunction.
# Reported by: Jan Larres <[email protected]>
# References: <[email protected]>,
#             http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-09/msg00005.html

AT_CHECK([
echo dir/bar > exclude.list
mkdir dir
genfile --file=dir/foo
genfile --file=dir/bar
TAR_OPTIONS=--exclude-from=exclude.list tar cf arc.tar dir
tar tf arc.tar
],
[0],
[dir/
dir/foo
])

AT_CLEANUP