[SOLVED] why "tar" extraction using "--exclude" is brain-damaged

[Glenn L. McGrath]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:34:50 -0400 (EDT)
"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:

>   more to the point, why are there two totally separate routines whose
> purpose it is to do filename/pattern matching?

because tar creating and extraction hasnt been integrated.


Glenn