Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=5361496 By: sglancy
I am using GnuWin32's version of tar 1.13 on Windows XP. I am having trouble using the --incremental option. Here is an example. I have made a directory Files which contains the file a.txt. I make a full backup of it using C:\Test>tar --create --verbose --file=files.tar Files Files/ Files/a.txt Now I delete a.txt. C:\Test>del Files\a.txt Next I create an incremental backup of the contents of Files. C:\Test>tar --create --verbose --incremental --file=files_inc.tar Files Files/ Next I delete Files. C:\Test>rmdir /s /q Files I try to restore with my tar archives: C:\Test>tar --extract --verbose --file=files.tar Files/ Files/a.txt C:\Test>tar --extract --verbose --incremental --file=files_inc.tar 11071337570/Files/ What is this string of numbers before /Files/? If I understood how --incremental works, I expect that the file a.txt should be deleted from Files when I extracted files_inc.tar. However, C:\Test>dir /b /s C:\Test\11071337570 C:\Test\Files C:\Test\files.tar C:\Test\files_inc.tar C:\Test\11071337570\Files C:\Test\Files\a.txt A new directory has been created whose name is that string of numbers, and it contains Files. Also, the file a.txt has not been deleted. Am I using --incremental incorrectly? What do I need to go to get the desired behavior? Thanks. ______________________________________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you elected to monitor this forum. To stop monitoring this forum, login to SourceForge.net and visit: https://sourceforge.net/forum/unmonitor.php?forum_id=74807 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ GnuWin32-Users mailing list GnuWin32-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gnuwin32-users
