On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 02:34:15PM -0500, Sean Davis wrote:

 > Yes, but isn't the real problem the fact that empty input was given in the first
 > place? There is no reason to try to tar up an directory that doesn't exist, is
 > there?

Whatever the case, a great many tar(1) programs out there do fine with
empty input, and therefore we probably ought to, as well.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>