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-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2007-10-29
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2007-10-31

 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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 Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
 
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@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ echo=string, and sleep=value.  Any number of `--checkpoint-action'
 options can be specified, the actions will be executed in order of
 their appearance in the command line.  
 
 options can be specified, the actions will be executed in order of
 their appearance in the command line.  
 

+* Info (end-of-volume) scripts
+
+The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and
+checkpoint scripts via environment variable TAR_BLOCKING_FACTOR.
+

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 version 1.19 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2007-10-10
 
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 version 1.19 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2007-10-10