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Re: Bug?
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Anthony Tuininga |
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Re: Bug? |
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Tue, 25 Feb 2003 19:19:20 -0700 |
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 17:01, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Anthony Tuininga <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > It would seem to me that the restoration of symbolic links is postponed
> > until the end of the process. Is that true?
>
> Yes. This is for security reasons.
Would you be able to explain in a little more detail? Or point me to a
document that does the explaining? I find this confusing.
> > And is there any better way of handling the restoration of symbolic
> > links in the case of an interruption?
>
> Yes, tar should probably catch the signal and restore the symlinks
> at that point.
I guess so, if it cannot be done at the time of extraction.
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Anthony Tuininga <address@hidden>
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