New submission from Jesse Kinkead <jesse.kink...@gmail.com>:
tarfile.open has a "name" parameter that can be used to open a file for reading or writing in the local filesystem. The documentation is unclear what the purpose is if providing a "fileobj" parameter as well, but it has very surprising behavior when the name matches an existing directory. Specifically, when you provide a "fileobj" for writing and provide a "name" that matches an existing directory, calling .add() on that directory will have it (and any child files) to be silently skipped. The desired behavior is either to have the files be added (consistent with "name" being totally ignored), or to have it be an error to provide such a "name" value (either one that matches an existing directory, or to provide one at all when using "fileobj"). ---------- components: Library (Lib) files: repro.py messages: 404217 nosy: jkinkead priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: TarFile.add skips files when tarfile name matches a directory versions: Python 3.8 Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file50367/repro.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45517> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
