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Date:      Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:27:40 +0200 (CEST)
From:      eserte@cs.tu-berlin.de
To:        freefall-gnats@cabulja.herceg.de
Subject:   gnu/3247: tar -O creates directories
Message-ID:  <199704101327.PAA01185@cabulja.herceg.de>
Resent-Message-ID: <199704101630.JAA16291@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         3247
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       tar -O creates directories
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Apr 10 09:30:02 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Slaven Rezic
>Organization:
Private FreeBSD site, Berlin, Germany
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

>Description:

	tar -O creates directories. Since -O extracts files to
	standard output, I think that no directories should be
	created. 

>How-To-Repeat:

	tar xfvOz something.tar.gz

>Fix:
	
	Maybe there's a newer version of GNU tar with the bug already
	fixed?

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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