[6795] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.2P: tar
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Jan 4 15:24:47 1991
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 15:24:28 -0500
From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System name: lycus
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.2P
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
tar up some stuff
What's wrong:
tar's error messages are not printed properly; the error
indication usually is printed separately from the "tar:" part of the
message.
as far as I know, this affects 'tar's on all our supported platforms.
here's an example:
[{1}lycus:~]
% tar cf - /etc/srvtab /etc/ttys /etc/srvtab /etc/ttys >/dev/null
/etc/srvtab: Permission denied
/etc/srvtab: Permission denied
tar: tar: [{1}lycus:~]
%
What should have happened:
it should have printed something like:
tar: /etc/srvtab: Permission denied
tar: /etc/srvtab: Permission denied
[{1}lycus:~]
%
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
tar(1), fclose(3s)
