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Add comment about deducing --one-top-level name
authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Thu, 4 Jun 2026 16:32:11 +0000 (09:32 -0700)
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:12:46 +0000 (23:12 -0700)
src/tar.c

index a7845a050c896bb832f8fc8ebb80f1f64dc5185e..7a95147db77ad3c24edb6182cf98d04c86f060e3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tar.c
+++ b/src/tar.c
@@ -2673,7 +2673,9 @@ decode_options (int argc, char **argv)
 
       if (!absolute_names_option && !one_top_level_dir)
        {
-         /* Determine name now; the directory is created later if needed.  */
+         /* Determine name now; the directory (or directories, if -C
+            means there are multiple top-level directories) are
+            created later if needed.  */
          char *base = base_name (archive_name_array[0]);
          one_top_level_dir = strip_compression_suffix (base);
          free (base);