>Number:         2330
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       pax -r -v uses stderr for output
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr 14 17:35:02 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Greg Hudson
>Organization:
	MIT SIPB
>Release:        1.1
>Environment:
System: NetBSD glacier 1.1 NetBSD 1.1 (GLACIER) #0: Sun Jan 14 06:01:22 EST 1996 ghudson@glacier:/usr/var/tmp/build/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GLACIER i386


>Description:
	pax displays filenames on stderr when given the options -r and
	-v.  In general, it is poor for a process to display non-error
	output on the stderr stream.  When you're writing a tar file
	to standard out (i.e. when given the options -w and -v, and
	without an output file), it makes sense to use the stderr
	stream for filenames, but otherwise it's poor.

	For reference, tar only uses stderr for filenames when you give
	it something like "tar cvf -".  If you give it "tar cvf foo.tar",
	it still writes filenames to stdout.

	(Also note that if the behavior of pax is changed in accordance
	to this pr, its documentation should not be changed.  In this
	instance, pax currently functions as documented.)

>How-To-Repeat:
	pax -r -v < file.tar | wc

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
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