Does here:
bash-2.05b$ tar --help |grep -- '-U'
-U, --unlink-first remove each file prior to extracting over it
bash-2.05b$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
Steve / K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wouter Schoot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Steven Hartland wrote:
Install gnu tar.
[ascent /usr/pkgsrc/archivers/gtar]# man gtar | grep [-]U
man: Formatting manual page...
Unfortunately also gtar doesn't supply that option. But anyhow, I tried
adding a script "tar zxvf $2" in path before, but that didn't work out
either, it forked like hell, and never ended.. Any more ideas?
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