Re: [Bug-tar] using -C and -T together

[Nathan Stratton Treadway]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 21:16:50 +0000, Bruce Halstead wrote:
> 
> In GNU tar   1.25 the following command the -C (chg-dir) does not work.
>    tar -b 128 -T /tmp/archive_list.txt -C /dir-to-archive -V volume-name 
> --totals -cvRf /dev/nst0
> 
> 
> In GNU tar   1.25 the following command the -C (chg-dir) does work.
>    tar -b 128  -C /dir-to-archive -V volume-name --totals -cvRf /dev/nst0   
> /file-to-archive
> 
> Both of these commands work in GNU tar 1.15.1

Does it work if you switch the order of the -C and -T options, i.e.
   tar -b 128 -C /dir-to-archive -T /tmp/archive_list.txt -V volume-name 
--totals -cvRf /dev/nst0


                                                        Nathan

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