Hello.
I don't know if it is a bug or something like that.
What flag should I use if I want to overwrite existing non-empty directory by symlink from my tar archive?
I've tried --overwrite flag and -U, that did not work. Tried with tar version 1.29 and 1.28.
Here is example:
➜ ln -s /dev/null test
➜ tar -cf archive.tar test
➜ rm -f test
➜ mkdir -p test/something
➜ tar --overwrite -xf archive.tar
tar: test: Cannot open: File exists
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
➜ tar -U -xf archive.tar
tar: test: Cannot unlink: Directory not empty
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
➜ rmdir test/something
➜ tar --overwrite -xf archive.tar
➜ echo $?
0
