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Re: [Bug-tar] keep newer files bug?


From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] keep newer files bug?
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 12:40:41 +0300

Helmut Waitzmann <address@hidden> wrote:

> So, what will tar --keep-newer-files -x do, if the archive member to be
> extracted is newer than the file in the filesystem?
> 
> Will it
> 
> [ ] unlink the file and create an new one or
> [ ] overwrite the file without unlinking?

It will unlink the old file and create a new one.

Regards,
Sergey




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