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# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
#
# Test suite for GNU tar.
# Copyright 2011, 2013-2014, 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

# This file is part of GNU tar.

# GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.

# GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.

# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

# Description: Check the functionality of the --keep-old-files option.
# It should report an error and cause tar to exit with status 2.
#
# There was a regression in versions 1.23 to 1.26 inclusive, where
# this option silently skipped such files.
# Reported by: Doug McLaren <dougmc@frenzied.us>,
#              Gary Partis <gary@partis.co.uk>,
#              Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
#              
# References: <20111117045433.GA8245@algol.frenzied.us>,
#             <4F3D824717847C4487F77228F83329A3514CBB@server.Partis.local>,
#             <87wrar6zzz.fsf@rho.meyering.net>

AT_SETUP([keep-old-files])
AT_KEYWORDS([extract extrac18 old-files keep-old-files])

AT_TAR_CHECK([
mkdir dir
cd dir
echo 'Old file a' > a
echo 'Old file b' > b

tar cf ../archive .

rm b
echo 'File a' > a

tar -x -k -f ../archive
echo status=$?

cat a
],
[0],
[status=2
File a
],
[tar: ./a: Cannot open: File exists
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
])

AT_CLEANUP