adding a special tar for macos

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / archival / shared_snarfer.pl

diff --git a/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl b/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
index 60845421df08b5a889c71aade54318c18ce536bc..7b2b7ecdcc0d03eda2d0ef9f2bcd48fa9565e9cf 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
+++ b/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ $TMP =~ s/\\/\//g;  # fix the temp variable for ms-winders.
 @missing_log = ();
 
 # these files are considered unimportant and won't be included in the archive.
-@junk_file_list = ("*~", "*.$$$", "3rdparty", "*.aps", "*.bak", "binaries",
+@junk_file_list = ("*~", "*.$$$", "*.aps", "*.bak", "binaries",
     "*.bsc", "*.cgl", "*.csm", "CVS", "Debug", "*.dll", "*.err", "*.exe",
     "generated_*", "*.git", "*.glb", "inprogress", "ipch", "*.llm",
     "*.log", "*.lnk",
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ for (local($i) = 0; $i < scalar(@junk_file_list); $i++) {
 
 # generic versions work on sane OSes.
 $find_tool = which('find');
-$tar_tool = which('tar');
+# for mac, try to match gnu tar first.
+$tar_tool = which('gtar');
+if ( ! -f "$tar_tool" ) {
+  # fall back to regular tar.
+  $tar_tool = which('tar');
+}
 #print "find tool: $find_tool\n";
 #print "tar tool: $tar_tool\n";