Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 23:42:53 -0800 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Idea for tar feature Message-ID: <424663FD.8030902@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <slrnd4c6m6.156p.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <20050313223214.D6EE57306E@freebsd-current.sentex.ca> <4243B57D.5050204@freebsd.org> <20050325130458.GA40427@polands.org> <20050326181516.X65159@qbhto.arg> <slrnd4c6m6.156p.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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Christopher Nehren wrote: > > Not from gtar, but rather OpenBSD's tar: the -s option, which allows you > to perform s/// replacements on archive paths. This is a good idea. There's already a hook in the source for doing pathname edits, so the only trick is implementing the actual substitution code. I think that the Henry Spencer regex(3) routines in the FreeBSD libc should fill the bill nicely. I'll add it to my TODO list. ;-) Tim
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