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 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199704221850.LAA06803.cygnus.gnu-win32@cirdan.cygnus.com> Content-Type: text Original-To: fabio AT billie DOT Colorado DOT EDU (Fabio Somenzi) Original-Cc: duck AT novell DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <199612200124.SAA17514@billie.Colorado.EDU> from "Fabio Somenzi" at Dec 19, 96 06:24:04 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > ->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. -- Geoffrey Noer noer AT cygnus DOT com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".