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[Bug-tar] tar --delete -f corrupts the contents
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s g |
Subject: |
[Bug-tar] tar --delete -f corrupts the contents |
Date: |
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:23:25 +0300 |
Hi,
We've just discovered something interesting about tar.
We use
tar --delete -f arc.tar file1 file2 file3
to prune unnecessary stuff from archive. The list is formed automatically.
accidentally we've run into a condition when the list is empty.
so the command looks like:
tar --delete -f 1.tar
in this case it does not complain about anything. It just silently corrupts the
archive. Always in different ways (for one archive it destroys a half of the
contents of certain file, for another - destroy some files completely).
Well.. just wanted to infom,
Please confirm if it's really bug and if there are ways to walk it around.
Thanks.
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