1 # Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
3 # Test suite for GNU tar.
4 # Copyright 2004, 2007, 2013-2014, 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 # This file is part of GNU tar.
8 # GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
11 # (at your option) any later version.
13 # GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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19 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
21 # A directory older than the listed entry was skipped completely.
23 AT_SETUP([incremental])
24 AT_KEYWORDS([incremental listed incr00])
30 echo x >structure/file
32 # On Nextstep (and perhaps other 4.3BSD systems),
33 # a newly created file's ctime isn't updated
34 # until the next sync or stat operation on the file.
35 ls -l structure/file >/dev/null
37 # If the time of an initial backup and the creation time of a file contained
38 # in that backup are the same, the file will be backed up again when an
39 # incremental backup is done, because the incremental backup backs up
40 # files created "on or after" the initial backup time. Without the sleep
41 # command, behaviour of tar becomes variable, depending whether the system
42 # clock ticked over to the next second between creating the file and
46 tar cf archive --listed=list structure
47 tar cfv archive --listed=list structure
49 # ReiserFS often offsets the timestamps of newly created files
50 # 1 second to the past. Try to compensate for it, until a better
53 echo y >structure/file
54 tar cfv archive --listed=list structure
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