Hi Bart, > If you prefer, here is another version, which fails due to permissions:
Ah, indeed. I've misinterpreted your report. Thanks for clarifying! > the point is that tar should actually 'exit now' when it says 'exiting > now' instead of proceeding to delete the files without putting them in > a usable archive. Yes, of course it should! I'll fix it. Regards, Sergey