Re: [Bug-tar] Bug / question in tar

[Paul Eggert]

On 03/13/2014 01:21 AM, Pavel Raiskup wrote:
> > We could detect that archive contents are coming from terminal input and
> > fail immediately (IIRC tar waits indefinitely ATM until it's input is cut
> > by ctrl+d or it is killed).
> I meant something like the patch attached, could you please consider?
>
> I tried to write testcase for this and I failed to find proper 'script'
> alternative tool among coreutils, is there some?  I could rewrite it then.
>
> Pavel
This sort of thing would seem to run counter to the GNU coding 
standards, which say that the behavior a program should not depend on 
the type of device it is used with.

http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/User-Interfaces.html