[Bug-tar] Tar does not remove files when specifying --remove-files

[Cobus Aikman]

Hi

Tar does not remove files after creating the archive (with the -r flag) 
as stated in the man pages:

With the -c flag it works correctly.

--remove-files
              remove files after adding them to the archive




Here is my script:
address@hidden tmp]$ cat ./tts.sh
echo "hello there" > toets.txt
sleep 1
ls -l toets.txt
tar -rf archivetest.tar toets.txt --remove-files
rc=$?
echo "rc = $rc"
sleep 1
ls -l toets.txt

And the result:

address@hidden tmp]$ ./tts.sh
-rw-rw-r--. 1 cobus cobus 11 Jul 11 09:12 toets.txt
rc = 0
-rw-rw-r--. 1 cobus cobus 11 Jul 11 09:12 toets.txt
address@hidden tmp]$

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address@hidden tmp]$ cat ./tts.sh
echo "hello daar" > toets.txt
sleep 1
ls -l toets.txt
tar -cvf archivetest.tar toets.txt --remove-files
rc=$?
echo "rc = $rc"
sleep 1
ls -l toets.txt

address@hidden tmp]$ ./tts.sh
-rw-rw-r--. 1 cobus cobus 11 Jul 11 09:22 toets.txt
toets.txt
rc = 0
ls: cannot access toets.txt: No such file or directory
address@hidden tmp]$


address@hidden tmp]$ uname -a
Linux dev2 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed May 16 00:01:37 BST 
2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
address@hidden tmp]$




Kind regards

--

Cobus Aikman


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