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Enhancement to tar
From: |
simon.geard |
Subject: |
Enhancement to tar |
Date: |
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 00:24:48 +0100 |
Sorry if this has gone to the wrong address I tried the forum address in the
README and it got bounced back.
I have enhanced my local version of tar (1.12) to optionally use a signal file
rather than the tty method when waiting for some user response. This is the
help segment:
--signal_file=FILE use the specified file's presence as the
signal to
continue when a new tape is inserted, rather
than the
default tty option. The first character of the
file is read:
if it is 'y' or 'Y' then tar continues,
otherwise tar terminates.
This option is useful for wrapper
applications to control tar by avoiding the
blocking
that can happen whilst waiting for tty input.
Attached are unified diffs for the two files I've changed: tar.c and buffer.c.
>From my point of view it would be great if you adopted these patches and I
happy for the code to be released under GPL or any other licence.
If you want any more info please contact me.
With best regards,
Simon Geard.
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