Re: BUG #4883: tar xf fails on NFS4 mounts

Tom Lane wrote:
> ajmcello <ajmcello78@gmail.com> writes:
> > The only downside with adding o to tar that I can see is if it isn't
> > supported by a non-GNU version of tar.
>
> It's required by the Single Unix Spec
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xcu/tar.html
> (although that specifically disallows the ordering "oxf" that you
> suggest) and I see it in tar on HPUX 10.20, which ought to be about
> ancient enough for anybody.

My old BSD has:

     -o      Write very old style tar archive, omitting the storage of direc-
             tories.

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