# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
#
# Test suite for GNU tar.
# Copyright 2011-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This file is part of GNU tar.
# GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
# GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see .
# Description: Check the functionality of the --keep-old-files option.
# It should report an error and cause tar to exit with status 2.
#
# There was a regression in versions 1.23 to 1.26 inclusive, where
# this option silently skipped such files.
# Reported by: Doug McLaren ,
# Gary Partis ,
# Jim Meyering
#
# References: <20111117045433.GA8245@algol.frenzied.us>,
# <4F3D824717847C4487F77228F83329A3514CBB@server.Partis.local>,
# <87wrar6zzz.fsf@rho.meyering.net>
AT_SETUP([keep-old-files])
AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac18 old-files keep-old-files])
AT_TAR_CHECK([
mkdir dir
cd dir
echo 'Old file a' > a
echo 'Old file b' > b
tar cf ../archive .
rm b
echo 'File a' > a
tar -x -k -f ../archive
echo status=$?
cat a
],
[0],
[status=2
File a
],
[tar: ./a: Cannot open: File exists
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
])
AT_CLEANUP