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From: Jonathan Hanna <jh@pc-21490.bc.rogers.wave.ca>
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Subject: gnu/5982: no error exit code from tar on child failure
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>Number:         5982
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       no error exit code from tar on child failure
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 11 12:00:07 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jonathan Hanna
>Organization:
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

>Description:

tar reports the failure of gzip, but does not reflect that in
its own exit status.

>How-To-Repeat:

# echo j > k
# tar -tvf k
tar: only read 2 bytes from archive k
# echo $status
3
# tar -tzvf k

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: child returned status 1
# echo $status
0

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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