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Re: [Bug-tar] TARing xf the same archive twice will fail if there are re


From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] TARing xf the same archive twice will fail if there are read-only files
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:16:44 +0300

Hi Frederico,

> is this a bug or a feature? (AFAIK unix tar behaves in a different way)

I'd call it a feature.

> Is there a way to force overwrite the target files?

Yes, use the 'U' (--unlink-first) option., e.g.:

 tar xfU mprjsrc.tar

Regards,
Sergey 




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