Merge branch 'release-2.140.136'

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

diff --git a/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl b/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
index 91ee6d75a83c9f1f32183613a8b6c8517470ad92..7b2b7ecdcc0d03eda2d0ef9f2bcd48fa9565e9cf 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
+++ b/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
@@ -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";