amit0 archive # tar cvzf test.tar.gz dir dir/ dir/file amit0 archive # tar --keep-newer-files -xzf /tmp/archive/test.tar.gz -C /tmp/target tar: dir: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: dir/file: Warning: Cannot stat: No such file or directory amit0 archive # find /tmp/target/ /tmp/target/ /tmp/target/dir /tmp/target/dir/file
When I omit '--keep-newer-files', warnings do not appear: amit0 archive # rm -fr /tmp/target/* amit0 archive # find /tmp/target/ /tmp/target/ amit0 archive # tar -xzf /tmp/archive/test.tar.gz -C /tmp/target amit0 archive # find /tmp/target/ /tmp/target/ /tmp/target/dir /tmp/target/dir/file amit0 archive # tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.20 Wasn't this supposedly fixed in prev. versions? Amit
