Description: command 'tar -cf packet.tar /path/to/dir' archive not only catalog '/path/to/dir' but its content also. One need to use 'cpio' to not archive content of catalog. Sergei Butakov Changelog: remove --quiet option of gnu cpio --- paco-1.10.12.orig/scripts/pacoball 2006-07-30 15:09:04.000000000 +0600 +++ paco-1.10.12/scripts/pacoball 2009-11-29 23:09:00.000000000 +0600 @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ } my $tar = "$dir/$_-paco.tar"; my $ball = ($zip eq "gzip") ? "$tar.gz" : "$tar.bz2"; - system("tar -cf $tar --files-from=$tmp 2>/dev/null"); + system("cat $tmp | cpio -o -H ustar -O $tar"); system("$zip -$level $verbose $force $tar"); if ($test) { system("$zip --test $ball") == 0 or last;