Re: [Bug-tar] Feature request: counterpiece to option sequence "--null" "--files-from=..." for option "--list"

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Helmut Waitzmann <address@hidden> wrote:

> So I'd like to have a "--list-null" option, which would list the contents
> of the archive as a NUL separated list of member names:

I'd rather extend the semantics of --null to cover archive listing as
well. It won't break the existing functionality in any way.
 
> One benefit of this would be, that this list could be piped to xargs:
> 
> tar -f archive.tar --list-null | \
> xargs --null -- process the archive member names as you like

Well, but how will it differ from running:

 tar -f archive.tar --list | \
   xargs -- process the archive member names as you like

?

Regards,
Sergey