1 # Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
3 # Test suite for GNU tar.
4 # Copyright 2016-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 # This file is part of GNU tar.
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21 AT_SETUP([TAR_OPTIONS with string arguments])
22 AT_KEYWORDS([options options03])
24 # Check whether string values are passed correctly through the
25 # TAR_OPTIONS environment variable. In tar 1.29 the stored values
26 # were inadvertenlty freedm which caused TAR_OPTION to malfunction.
27 # Reported by: Jan Larres <jan@majutsushi.net>
28 # References: <20160906072153.c75tga556ti5sgk2@majutsushi.net>,
29 # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-09/msg00005.html
32 echo dir/bar > exclude.list
34 genfile --file=dir/foo
35 genfile --file=dir/bar
36 TAR_OPTIONS=--exclude-from=exclude.list tar cf arc.tar dir