tar/tests/delete05.at

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

# Test suite for GNU tar.
# Copyright 2004-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

# This file is part of GNU tar.

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# When attempted to delete a non-existing member, tar used to destroy
# last blocking_factor blocks.
# References:
#   <[email protected]>
#   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2004-12/msg00016.html

AT_SETUP([deleting non-existing member])
AT_KEYWORDS([delete delete05])

AT_TAR_CHECK([
genfile -l 1024 -f en
genfile -l 1024 -f to

tar cf archive en to
# Make sure we don't use bogus blocking factor.
# GNU tar up to and including 1.14.91 produced an empty archive this way:
tar --file archive --blocking-factor=20 --delete tre
tar tf archive
],
[0],
[en
to
],
[tar: tre: Not found in archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
])

AT_CLEANUP