tar 1.12 WIN32 use of --files-from= wont work properly

[mbconsulting]

hello

I am trying to get the WIN32 version of tar working so that I can
provide it a file containing
a list of files to include in the tar. (giving tar the list of files on
the command line works fine, but
it is not suitable for the purpose I need).

I keep getting errors of the type:  no such file or directory

I have tried forward and backward slashes, e.g.  

mydir/test.txt
mydir\test.txt
./mydir/test.txt
./mydir/test,txt

full paths such as:

C:\mydir\test.txt
C:/mydir/test.txt

I have tried have the include file End-of-line in both unix and dos
format,
and pretty much every other permutation... no such luck.

I have tried specifying tar with different options and forms

e.g. tar --create --verbose --files-from=filelist.txt --file mytar.tar

adding in absolute option, the null option, -T instead of --files-from

I have tried invoking tar in the same dir as the files, using it in
another
location and giving it the full path when calling it etc etc.

Under unix, it works fine,

I have reviewed help also read the online manual at
http://www.gnu.org/manual/tar-1.12/html_mono/tar.html

any help would really be appreciated.

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