-GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-07
+GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes. 2008-02-08
Please send GNU tar bug reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>
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-version 1.19.1 (CVS)
+version 1.19.90 (CVS)
* New option --auto-compress (-a)
This action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hitting a
checkpoint. Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the default),
-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.
+echo=string, ttyout=string, exec=cmdline, 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. See
+chapter 3.8 "Checkpoints" for a complete description.
* The --transform option.
during both creation and extraction. Tar 1.19 used them only
during extraction.
+For a detailed description, see chapter 6.7 "Modifying File and Member
+Names".
+
* Info (end-of-volume) scripts
The value of the blocking factor is made available to info and