Re: [Bug-tar] hard links and --transform

[Jose Miguel Goncalves]

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Jose Miguel Goncalves <address@hidden> ha escrit:
>
>   
> > I'm facing the same problem reported back in March, 17 by Wouter
> > Verhelst, regarding storing hard links in tar using --transform.
> > I'm using tar 1.22.
> >     
>
> I must have overlooked the original report. Please, try the attached
> patch. Let me know if it works for you.
>
>   
It works!

$ /usr/local/bin/tar cPvf test.tar --transform="s,^basedir,,h" 
--show-stored-names basedir
/
/test
/test_link
$ /usr/local/bin/tar tPvf test.tar
drwxr-xr-x jmpg/jmpg         0 2009-06-25 16:49 /
-rw-r--r-- jmpg/jmpg         6 2009-06-25 13:13 /test
hrw-r--r-- jmpg/jmpg         0 2009-06-25 13:13 /test_link link to /test

But, when I give 'H' in the transformation scope flag it still does the 
transformation:

$ /usr/local/bin/tar cvPf test.tar --transform="s,^basedir,,H" 
--show-stored-names basedir
/
/test
/test_link
$ /usr/local/bin/tar tPvf test.tar
drwxr-xr-x jmpg/jmpg         0 2009-06-25 16:49 /
-rw-r--r-- jmpg/jmpg         6 2009-06-25 13:13 /test
hrw-r--r-- jmpg/jmpg         0 2009-06-25 13:13 /test_link link to /test

Only if I supply 'R' tar does not make the transformation:

$ /usr/local/bin/tar cPvf test.tar --transform="s,^basedir,,R" 
--show-stored-names basedir
basedir/
basedir/test
basedir/test_link
$ /usr/local/bin/tar tPvf test.tar
drwxr-xr-x jmpg/jmpg         0 2009-06-25 16:49 basedir/
-rw-r--r-- jmpg/jmpg         6 2009-06-25 13:13 basedir/test
hrw-r--r-- jmpg/jmpg         0 2009-06-25 13:13 basedir/test_link link 
to basedir/test

so, it seems that some bug(s) still persist.

Best regards,
José Gonçalves