Re: tar 1.13.25 error handling

[Gerhard Poul]

Martin MOKREJŠ <address@hidden> writes:

>   when tar cannot extract a file (save files to some directory) because
> of insufficient permissions, it gives this fooling error:

On my debian linux on sparc it works.

address@hidden:/$ tar xfv tmp/test.tar
test
tar: test: Cannot open: Permission denied
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
address@hidden:/$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;
see the file named COPYING for details.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
address@hidden:/$ tar tfv tmp/test.tar
-rw-r--r-- gpoul/gpoul       0 2003-02-01 13:52:35 test

Which OS + version are you using?