When looking at `info tar "tar inv" syn`, it says:
Each NAME in the synopsis above is interpreted as an archive member name when the main command is ... or ‘--update’ (‘-u’). And in `info tar op ad up` it says: ... by comparing the date of the specified archive members against the date of the file with the same name. But in `info tar op ad up how` it says: You must use file name arguments with the ‘--update’ (‘-u’) operation. The latter matches what the synopsis in the manpage shows: tar --update [--file ARCHIVE] [OPTIONS] [FILE...] And this seems to be correct, because when doing: tar -cvf ball doc/*.texi echo extra >>doc/recipes.texi tar -uvf ball --wildcards 'doc/r*.texi' tar -uvf ball doc/r*.texi the penultimate command (specifying member names) does nothing; only the last command (specifying file names) updates the archive. Benno
OpenPGP_signature
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
