X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;fp=TODO;h=0018ca90bb210c74331c01db4f074a03f8ebb5bf;hb=5b9d8c93c78f8c0177e4c837dcc3cdc4f79d59c5;hp=e756ff3d64ad001817f444afd7a76f25e652b0d8;hpb=08cfd54f54ec649327a23c68fc6b28fc73863b24;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index e756ff3..0018ca9 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -30,25 +30,9 @@ so that the GNU extensions (--sparse, --incremental, --label and It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff', to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup. -* Add an option to cut away the first N output path elements: +* Add tests for testing the added functonality. - From: Marc Haber - Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:55:31 +0200 - - some archives have members like - foo/bar - foo/baz - foo/bam - - When I now want to extract the three members bar, baz and bam to the - directory fom instead foo, I need to extract to foo and then to move - the files over manually. - - patch(1) solves that problem by offering an option taking the number - of path elements to cut away before using the path name. With an - option like that, the above problem could be solved with - - tar --extract --cut-path-elements 1 --directory fom +* Revise the --sparse option functionality. * Copyright notice