X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=dd451833f17ad13b011f3222524821ea7a133eef;hb=a35935e973d4d0c6c16371c9aa661e11582e0c46;hp=76917fb4a7a9de9dd48d86b67b259d915c1de5ae;hpb=57267f7ed9a41e3ea7a0fb9379dc18322b3df7c6;p=chaz%2Ftar

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ is now interpreted as a request to extract from the archive the file
 named '*.c'.
 
 To treat member names as globbing patterns, use --wildcards option.  
-So, if you wish tar to mimic the behavior of versions up to 1.15.90,
-set 'TAR_OPTIONS=--wildcards'.
+If you wish tar to mimic the behavior of versions up to 1.15.90,
+add --wildcards to the value of the environment variable TAR_OPTIONS.
 
-The exact way tar interprets member names is controlled by the
+The exact way in which tar interprets member names is controlled by the
 following command line options:
 
      --wildcards              use wildcards 
@@ -53,9 +53,31 @@ with UNIX98.  This ends the transition period started with version 1.14.
   
 * New features
 
+** New option --transform allows to transform file names before storing them
+in the archive or member names before extracting.  The option takes a
+sed replace expression as its argument.  For example,
+
+  tar cf foo.tar --transform 's,^,prefix/,'
+
+will add 'prefix/' to all file names stored in foo.tar.
+
+** --strip-components option works when deleting and comparing.  In previous
+versions it worked only with --extract.
+
+** New option --show-transformed-names enables display of transformed file
+or archive.   It generalizes --show-stored-names option, introduced in 
+1.15.90.  In particular, when creating an archive in verbose mode, it lists 
+member names as stored in the archive, i.e., with any eventual prefixes
+removed and file name transformations applied.  The option is useful,
+for example, while comparing `tar cv' and `tar tv' outputs.
+
 ** New incremental snapshot file format keeps information about file names 
 as well as that about directories.
 
+** Option --checkpoint takes an optional argument specifying the number
+of records between the two successive checkpoints.   Optional dot
+starting the argument intructs tar to print dots instead of textual
+checkpoints. 
 
 
 version 1.15.90 - Sergey Poznyakoff, 2006-02-19