On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 05:43:16AM -0400, Gary Duzan wrote:
> In Message <p05200f0cbd2fa896c0eb@[130.102.20.138]> ,
>    Ray Phillips <r.phillips@jkmrc.com> wrote:
> 
> =>I've noticed tar in -current (at least in 2.0[E-G]) doesn't have the 
> =>--exclude option which was present in 1.6's.  That's a pity from my 
> =>point of view since I found it quite handy.  Is there any chance it 
> =>might come back?
> =>
> =>Strangely, it doesn't accept --version either.
> 
>    That's because NetBSD has moved from GNU tar to pax-as-tar:

	well, it supports --exclude-from <file>, so I find it a bit odd that
--exclude wouldn't be supported.  I'd say submit a PR.

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