On 07/08/13 08:13 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > I don't see why this option would help much. > All it takes to corrupt is one file, right? > And I can see weaknesses in the proposed implementation: > when you rename the extracted file, you might rename > a file that already existed.
Nothing gets overwritten when I try this, but there are probably dozens of edge cases I haven't thought of. I am hoping that if I can gradually fix things like this, the patch will become suitable for inclusion. > Instead, how about extending the -C option to > create the directory if it doesn't already exist > (when extracting), and suggesting to people to use that? > That'd be simpler and easier to document. If I've understood this, "tar -C foo -xf foo.tar.gz" would not accomplish the goal. Typing "-C foo" takes almost as much time as typing "mkdir foo". More importantly, the user would have to already know that "foo.tar.gz" is a tarbomb to avoid adding a pointless level of depth.
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