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@@ -2014,10 +2014,11 @@ Do not actually output the extracted files.
@item --directory @var{dir}
@itemx -C @var{dir}
@opindex directory
-Extract the files into the directory @var{dir}. The
-default is to take the directory name from
-the input filename. If no input filename is known a directory named
-@file{GPGARCH} is used.
+Extract the files into the directory @var{dir}. The default is to
+take the directory name from the input filename. If no input filename
+is known a directory named @file{GPGARCH} is used. For tarball
+creation, switch to directory @var{dir} before performing any
+operations.
@item --files-from @var{file}
@itemx -T @var{file}