Re: [Bug-tar] Incremental extract improvement

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Ian Turner <address@hidden> wrote:

> Look at it this way: If the user really just wants to start from scratch, it 
> is easy to blow away an existing directory, then do all the appropriate 
> restores.

I see, but on the other hand, if one wishes to restore, say, /etc,
blowing it away before running restore would be a rather risky
adventure.

I'd rather say it could be a separate option: full restore
vs. "patch-like" restore.

Regards,
Sergey