Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 07:25:59 -0700 (PDT) From: pekkas@netcore.fi To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/22211: typoed tar -c clobbers archives Message-ID: <20001022142559.647B537B4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 22211 >Category: bin >Synopsis: typoed tar -c clobbers archives >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: wish >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 22 07:30:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Pekka Savola >Release: 4.1.1-STABLE >Organization: Netcore >Environment: >Description: Current tar (1.11.2) clobbers existing archives if called with: tar zcvf test.tar.gz when you meant to type: tar zxvf test.tar.gz This is, of course, a stupid typo, but more current tar versions (for example 1.13.17), detect and prevent the silliness: $ tar zcvf test.tar.gz tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive Try `tar --help' for more information. >How-To-Repeat: See above. >Fix: Please consider upgrading tar :-) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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