[BusyBox] unexpected behavior in tar -x

Glenn McGrath bug1 at optushome.com.au
Fri Nov 21 00:30:22 MST 2003


On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 23:08:22 -0800
" drwho" <drwho at f34r.com> wrote:

> 
> cat tinydns.tar | ../busybox tar -x
> tar: Couldnt remove old file: Is a directory
> 
>  if the folder already exists it die's I do not
> think this is expected behavior.. Probably
> should stat and see if it is a directory then
> handle that case differently..

I have fixed it in cvs, now it doesnt attempt to unlink if its a
directory.


Thanks

Glenn


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