Re: [Bug-tar] --directory does not work with --incremental
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:44:22 +1200, Sebastian Unger wrote: > I just noticed that the combination of options --extract --incremental > --directory does not work as expected. As far as I can tell > --incremental is ignored and files are not deleted as they should be. For what it's worth, I believe your issue is the same as the one that was discussed in this thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2013-03/msg00036.html Nathan Nathan Stratton Treadway - natha...@ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239
Re: [Bug-tar] --directory does not work with --incremental
Sorry, I forgot to mention, I'm using the tar that ships with Ubuntu 12.04: V1.26 Cheers, Seb On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Sebastian Unger < sebastian.un...@taitradio.com> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I just noticed that the combination of options --extract --incremental > --directory does not work as expected. As far as I can tell > --incremental is ignored and files are not deleted as they should be. > Please find attached a shell script to reproduce the issue. > > Cheers, > -- > *Sebastian Unger* > *Senior Software Engineer* > Tait Communications > Email: sebastian.un...@taitradio.com > > > www.taitradio.com > -- *Sebastian Unger* *Senior Software Engineer* Tait Communications Email: sebastian.un...@taitradio.com www.taitradio.com -- -- This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended recipient. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not use, disseminate, distribute or reproduce such email, any attachments, or any part thereof. If you have received a message in error, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission nor can we guarantee that any email or any attachments are free from computer viruses or other conditions which may damage or interfere with recipient data, hardware or software. The recipient relies upon its own procedures and assumes all risk of use and of opening any attachments. --
[Bug-tar] --directory does not work with --incremental
Hi Guys, I just noticed that the combination of options --extract --incremental --directory does not work as expected. As far as I can tell --incremental is ignored and files are not deleted as they should be. Please find attached a shell script to reproduce the issue. Cheers, -- *Sebastian Unger* *Senior Software Engineer* Tait Communications Email: sebastian.un...@taitradio.com www.taitradio.com -- -- This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended recipient. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If you are not an intended recipient, you may not use, disseminate, distribute or reproduce such email, any attachments, or any part thereof. If you have received a message in error, please notify the sender immediately and erase all copies of the message and any attachments. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission nor can we guarantee that any email or any attachments are free from computer viruses or other conditions which may damage or interfere with recipient data, hardware or software. The recipient relies upon its own procedures and assumes all risk of use and of opening any attachments. -- tarProblem Description: Binary data
