Re: [Bug-tar] Cursor freeze when typing a tar command

[Paul Eggert]

On 05/08/2012 03:41 PM, Adriano Pastore wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to draw your attention to something that may well be a bug (though I'm 
> not sure it is a tar bug):
> When I try to delete a file contained in a tar archive, I type a command like 
> the following:
> $ tar --delete -f backup.tar history.dat
> When I type part of the second argument, e.g.,
> $ tar --delete -f backup.tar his
> and inadvertently press 'Tab', my cursor freezes.

This sounds like an issue with your shell, or perhaps
with your terminal emulator, since 'tar' isn't running
when the freeze occurs.