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and subject line Bug#309059: Scanning error if excluded directory doesn't exist
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Package: p7zip
Version: 4.18-1
If you try to exclude a directory that does not exist, 7z will stop with
a scanning error, instead of proceeding with the archive operation.
This doesn't seem appropriate. For instance, I have a filelist file of
directories to exclude from the archive operation, but it's operating on
a directory that is rsync'ed from another partition. The contents of
that directory can vary. I always want /blah/foo excluded from the
operation, even if /blah/foo doesn't exist on Tuesday. 7z should ignore
it and continue with the operation; I didn't want it included anyway. :)
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On Friday 01 September 2006 02:37, Piotr Ozarowski wrote:
> Adam Porter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > $ 7za a test.7z Scripts/ -x!Nothing
> >
> > According to the man page and the p7zip manual, as best I can determine,
> > this should make a new file (test.7z) and add the contents of the Scripts
> > directory, while excluding the file or directory named "Nothing".
> > However, the output of this command is simply:
> >
> > bash: !Nothing: event not found
>
> "!" has special meaning in bash, you need to escape it with "\", like
> this:
> $ 7za a test.7z Scripts/ -x\!Nothing
Oops, thanks. (Perhaps that should be filed as a wishlist bug. It doesn't
seem like you should have to escape something like that in normal usage. How
about an equals sign instead?)
I tested these:
$ 7zr a test.7z Scripts/ -x\!Nothing
$ 7zr a test.7z Scripts/ -x\!Scripts
The first one correctly archived the "Scripts" directory, while not
complaining about wanting to exclude the non-existant "Nothing" directory.
The second one correctly archived nothing (the literal form of "nothing"),
since the "Scripts" directory was excluded.
So I deem this bug done.
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