X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=tests%2Fstar%2FREADME;h=e247ff4fba4cde651de2defd04b96180b7294159;hb=f74cab3a936190a65d57c82fea5b1a05affee60a;hp=57c332e8ad510d5b929ca35ab1b2fcd0ce59b044;hpb=e3e50c987bb31f43974ed4ec9b291999a383dd02;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README index 57c332e..e247ff4 100644 --- a/tests/star/README +++ b/tests/star/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This directory contains scripts for testing GNU tar using star "test archives". The archives themselves can be obtained -from http://download.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts. +from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts. These tests are disabled by default. There are two ways to run them. The simplest is by `make check-full' command. It requires wget @@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB). This is a test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It requires two files: ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist, -(they usually reside in star/tartest directory), and `tartest' program +(they usually reside in star/testscripts directory), and `tartest' program (also part of star distribution). The test must be run only with root -privileges, so it is a good idea to test contents of +privileges, so it is a good idea to verify the contents of ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running it. If `tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its