#man tar
      -T, --files-from F                                           
             get names to extract or archive from file F           

#tar -T files.lst -cvf mytar.tar

假设文件files.lst含有如下信息:

#cat files.lst
                                                                   
./.profile                 
./.bashrc                  
./dbootstrap_settings      
./usr.include.txt          
./.viminfo                 

生成的mytar.tar仅仅含有上面的文件.

可以用于文件的备份等.