On 4/17/25 20:28, Rob Landley wrote: >> As a reference, GNU tar 1.35 does the following: >> >> # This fails >> $ tar czf out.tar.gz >> tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive >> >> # This succeeds >> $ tar czf out.tar.gz -T /dev/null > > I didn't know there was a distinction between them. Try commit 66fabe6c3101. Rob