Re: [Bug-tar] tar behaviour concerning overwriting of symlinks to target directories

[Jean-Louis Martineau]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Matthias Koenig <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   
> > Is this behaviour correct? The documentation isn't that clear about
> > overwriting of links to a target directory.
> >     
>
> I think it's correct, since "--no-overwrite-dir" is supposed
> to keep the metadata of existing directories, and this includes
> keeping whether the existing directory is actually a symlink to
> a directory.
>   

It's not the reverse that is done?
With "--no-overwrite-dir", the existing symlink is erased and a new 
directory is created.
Without "--no-overwrite-dir", the symlink is kept and followed.

Jean-Louis


> The documentation could be clearer though; perhaps you could suggest
> an improvement?
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