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sr #109179: Could tar please not remove files, even if --remove-files is specified, upon EOF?

Submitter:  B.S. <bs27975>
Submitted:  Sat 05 Nov 2016 07:25:44 PM UTC
   
 
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Sat 05 Nov 2016 07:25:44 PM UTC, original submission:  

Kubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (trusty), tar (GNU tar) 1.27.1


Could tar please not remove files, even if --remove-files is specified, upon EOF?
- Ack, never mind this point. (But confirmation that it doesn't would be appreciated.)

Further, could it please delete the half-added file from the archive when EOF occurs?


Scenario:

I'm making some tar archives. I don't always get what I intended into the command line correctly.

I start a --create --remove-files tar invocation, and hit Ctrl-C.

tar reports EOF.

I attempt to restore the archive to restore things to the point before invocation so I can resubmit the invocation.


Result:
(1) The tar contains the half-added file that experienced the EOF.
(2) The restore overwrites the not yet removed file upon which EOF was experienced, with this half-added file.


Could:
(1) The tar delete the half-added file from the archive. (Or have an option that defaults to doing so.) So that (2) above doesn't occur.



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