On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, attila! wrote:
> Yes, you are correct: the use of '.' rather than '*'
> stops the recursion into separately mounted files
> systems; thanx for the clarification!
>
> However, the manual syntax for tar is anything but clear
> --typical of the last 25+ years of *nix manuals' arcane
> definitions.
Each argument is a separate start point from which a descent is made.
(in the terms given by the 'find' man page).
The -l option is applied separatly to each argument..
That's what I would expect....
viszlat!
>
> The definition for find may be technically correct, but
> the statement still leaves the opening to interpret the
> statement as the 'starting file'; the fact the starting
> file is a mount point is irrelevant. To me, "starting
> file" is the file system "level" at the point of start
> and anything mounted to that level would not be
> included --but, in this case, I am wrong.
>
> Both manual statements should be cleaned up and stated
> in explicit terms. I've argued this point for 25 years
> on many other fronts so I don't suppose it's going to
> change...
>
> out!
>
> tar:
>
> -l
> --one-file-system Stay in local filesystem when creating
> an archive (do not cross mount points).
>
> find:
>
> -x Prevent find from descending into directories that have
> a device number different than that of the file from which
> the descent began.
>
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