Re: [Bug-tar] Feature request (patch): ignore requested members missing in archive

2014-06-23 Thread Pavel Raiskup
Hello Vladimir, On Monday 23 of June 2014 01:22:16 Vladimir A. Pavlov wrote: It's sometimes useful to ignore errors tar returns if a requested member is not found in archive, yes, I think this would be useful, For example: $ touch file $ tar -c file | tar -t file Just a nit, here should

Re: [Bug-tar] Feature request (patch): ignore requested members missing in archive

2014-06-23 Thread Vladimir A . Pavlov
Hello Pavel, Just a nit, here should be (for readers): $ tar -c file | tar -t dir Oops, thanks you. That's exactly what I mean. I don't like the '--ignore-missing' approach. That adds another non-symetric option to tar. We have the '--ignore-failed-read' option which works for