tar/tests/backup01.at

# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-

# Test suite for GNU tar.
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# Description:
# When extracting, tar (<1.22) sometimes renamed a backup back to the
# original name (overwriting the newly-extracted file) for no good reason.
#
# Reported by: Carl Worth <[email protected]>,
#              Eric Lammerts <[email protected]>
#
# References: <[email protected]>
#             http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2009-08/msg00005.html
#             http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508199
#

AT_SETUP([extracting existing dir with --backup])
AT_KEYWORDS([extract backup backup01])

AT_TAR_CHECK([
unset VERSION_CONTROL
mkdir dir1 dir2
echo bla > dir1/file1
tar cf test.tar dir1 dir2
tar xfv test.tar --backup --warning=no-timestamp
],
[0],
[dir1/
dir1/file1
Renaming 'dir1/file1' to 'dir1/file1~'
dir2/
])

AT_CLEANUP