Re: [Bug-tar] Problem with fstatat on AIX 7.1

[Paul Eggert]

On 09/01/11 15:06, Kevin Brott wrote:
> 3. options.at:24: testing ...
> ./options.at:27:
> echo > file1
> TAR_OPTIONS=--numeric-owner tar chof archive file1
> tar tf archive
> 
> Not enabling shell tracing (command contains an embedded newline)
> --- /dev/null 2011-09-01 14:52:31 -0700
> +++ /lppdir/build/phs-gtar/phs-gtar/tests/testsuite.dir/at-groups/3/stderr    
> 2011-09-01 14:52:34 -0700
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +tar: file1: Cannot stat: Invalid argument

Let's start with that one first, as it's likely related to fstatat.
This test is in tests/options.at.
What's the output of the following shell commands (assuming Bash),
using the newly-built 'tar'?

echo > file1
TAR_OPTIONS=--numeric-owner truss ./tar chof archive file1