Re: [Bug-tar] Feature request (patch): ignore requested members missing in archive

[Joerg Schilling]

Vladimir A. Pavlov <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hello Pavel,
>
> > Just a nit, here should be (for readers):
> > 
> >   $ tar -c file | tar -t dir
>
> Oops, thanks you. That's exactly what I mean.
>
> > I don't like the '--ignore-missing' approach.  That adds another
> > non-symetric option to tar.  We have the '--ignore-failed-read' option
> > which works for archive creation and --ignore-missing works just for
> > archive extraction.
>
> How can we solve this? AFAIU you suggest something like reusing
> --ignore-failed-read for the feature in question (correct me if I'm wrong).

Well, there are many options in gtar that do not follow a scheme but just serve 
a single purpose. For this reason, they are hard to remember.

The current proposal would be covered by a general method in star:

        errctl=

See: http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/man/star/star.1.html

page 21 ff.

Jörg

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