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Re: tar POSIX error ?
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: tar POSIX error ? |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:04:55 -0800 (PST) |
> From: jfree <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:49:53 -0700
>
> The POSIX test suite found at
>
> http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/posix_form.htm
> http://www.itl.nist.gov/div897/ctg/suites/NP_distr.Z.exe
>
> has a script bin/dif_script
>
> which does the following:
>
> ...
> (cd ${DIF_DATA_PATH}/tar.d; tar -xdpf ../dif.d/tar.ar)
> ...
> (cd ${DIF_DATA_PATH}/dif.d; tar -cdpf ../tar.d/tar_dif type_link_1
> type.d fnames.d ln_gt_100_test gt_100_link)
>
>
> This would infer to me, at least for POSIXLY_CORRECT, the 'd' option
> should be able to co-exist with the 'c' or 'x' options?
This appears to be a portability bug in that script. POSIX does not
specify the 'tar' command. It specifies only 'tar' format. Many
non-GNU 'tar' implementations do not have -d at all; Solaris 8, for
example.