static bool we_are_root; /* true if our effective uid == 0 */
static mode_t newdir_umask; /* umask when creating new directories */
static mode_t current_umask; /* current umask (which is set to 0 if -p) */
-static bool directories_first; /* Directory members precede non-directory
- ones in the archive. This is detected for
- incremental archives only. This variable
- helps correctly restore directory
- timestamps */
/* Status of the permissions of a file that we are extracting. */
enum permstatus
NOTICE: this works only if the archive has usual member order, i.e.
directory, then the files in that directory. Incremental archive have
somewhat reversed order: first go subdirectories, then all other
- members. To help cope with this case the variable directories_first
- is set by prepare_to_extract.
+ members. To help cope with this case the variable
+ delay_directory_restore_option is set by prepare_to_extract.
If an archive was explicitely created so that its member order is
reversed, some directory timestamps can be restored incorrectly,
e.g.:
- tar --no-recursion -cf archive dir dir/subdir dir/subdir/file
+ tar --no-recursion -cf archive dir dir/file1 foo dir/file2
*/
static void
delay_set_stat (char const *file_name, struct tar_stat_info const *st,
case GNUTYPE_DUMPDIR:
*fun = extract_dir;
if (current_stat_info.dumpdir)
- directories_first = true;
+ delay_directory_restore_option = true;
break;
case GNUTYPE_VOLHDR:
/* Restore stats for all non-ancestor directories, unless
it is an incremental archive.
(see NOTICE in the comment to delay_set_stat above) */
- if (!directories_first)
+ if (!delay_directory_restore_option)
apply_nonancestor_delayed_set_stat (file_name, 0);
/* Take a safety backup of a previously existing file. */