tar/tests/extrac18.at

# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
#
# Test suite for GNU tar.
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# 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 <[email protected]>,
#              Gary Partis <[email protected]>,
#              Jim Meyering <[email protected]>
#              
# References: <[email protected]>,
#             <[email protected]>,
#             <[email protected]>

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