Sergey Poznyakoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >To summarize: the three options --keep-newer-files, --overwrite and >--unlink-first control the behavior of tar when extracting archive >member over *existing* files. Their effect is as follows: > > --keep-newer-files If the file on the filesystem is newer than > its archive version, preserve the filesystem > version. Otherwise, unlink it and replace with > the archive version. > --overwrite No matter what the file timestamp is, replace > it with the archive version. Notice, that > replacing means unlinking old file and > creating a new one in its stead. > --unlink-first Same as --overwrite, the only difference being > that --unlink-first tries to unlink file > before opening (even if it does not exist), > while --overwrite unlinks it only after > opening it returns EEXIST.
What does tar do, if neither of these options is supplied? Same as '--overwrite'? Thank you very much for your explanations! Kind regards, Helmut -- Wenn Sie mir E-Mail schreiben, stellen | When writing me e-mail, please Sie bitte vor meine E-Mail-Adresse | precede my e-mail address with meinen Vor- und Nachnamen, etwa so: | my full name, like Helmut Waitzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Helmut Waitzmann) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
