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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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@@ -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.  
 
+* 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