If I am trying to archive files in loop using tar command with --remove-files option. If some exception occurs in mid of execution, will the --remove-files option delete the current operating file or retain the original file ?
while read file;
do tar -uf test.tar.gz --remove-files "$file"
done1 Answer
As far as my experiments go (and somehow as I expected):
- the source file is removed only if the command completes normally
- however, "-u" doesn't remove the previous version of the file, it merely adds it to the end, so repeated updates with the same file will make the TAR file grow indefinitely.
