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Re: [Bug-tar] TARing xf the same archive twice will fail if there are re
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Sergey Poznyakoff |
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Re: [Bug-tar] TARing xf the same archive twice will fail if there are read-only files |
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Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:16:44 +0300 |
Hi Frederico,
> is this a bug or a feature? (AFAIK unix tar behaves in a different way)
I'd call it a feature.
> Is there a way to force overwrite the target files?
Yes, use the 'U' (--unlink-first) option., e.g.:
tar xfU mprjsrc.tar
Regards,
Sergey