From:	noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject:	Re: b17.1: tar -x *appends* to existing file ?!
22 Apr 1997 16:04:13 -0700 :
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Original-To:	fabio AT billie DOT Colorado DOT EDU (Fabio Somenzi)
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In-Reply-To:	<199612200124.SAA17514@billie.Colorado.EDU> from "Fabio Somenzi" at Dec 19, 96 06:24:04 pm
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> ->When I use b17.1 tar to extract a file from an archive, and the file
> ->already exists,  tar will append the existing file with data from the
> ->archive, rather than overlay it.  See below.  Does this happen to you too?

I've verified that this is fixed in upcoming beta 18.

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Geoffrey Noer
noer AT cygnus DOT com
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