Use the --verbatim-files-from option to disable this special handling.
This facilitates the use of tar with file lists created automatically
-(e.g. by file(1) command).
+(e.g. by find(1) command).
This option affects all --files-from options that occur after it in
the command line. Its effect is reverted by the
--no-verbatim-files-from option.
+* --null option reads file names verbatim
+
+The --null option implies --verbatim-files-from. I.e. each line
+read from null-delimited file lists is treated as a file name.
+
+This restores the documented behavior, which was broken in version
+1.27.
+
* New options: --owner-map=FILE and --group-map=FILE
These two options provide fine-grained control over what user/group
+ID. Otherwise, both NEWNAME and NEWID need not be listed in the
system user database.
-* --null option reads file names verbatim
-
-The --null option implies --verbatim-files-from. I.e. each line
-read from null-delimited file lists is treated as a file name.
-
-This restores the documented behavior, which was broken in version
-1.27.
-
* Sparse file detection
Tar now uses SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE on systems that support it. This