Subject: bin/21064: Request to (re)add tar -k option
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <gcw@primenet.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/08/2003 15:55:52
>Number: 21064
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: request to (re)add tar -k option
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 07 22:56:00 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Geoff C. Wing
>Release: NetBSD 1.6Q (2003/04/07)
>Organization:
Geoff Wing : <gcw@pobox.com>
Rxvt Stuff : <gcw@rxvt.org>
Zsh Stuff : <gcw@zsh.org>
>Environment:
System: NetBSD sparkles.primenet.com.au 1.6Q NetBSD 1.6Q (SPARKLES) #0: Mon Apr 7 12:51:45 EST 2003 gcw@sparkles.primenet.com.au:/usr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SPARKLES i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
tar used to have a -k option (or maybe the GNU tar did). Works
the same as the pax -k option (Do not overwrite existing files.)
It would be great if this was (re)added to the tar frontend.
>How-To-Repeat:
Observation
>Fix:
Not yet.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: