1 # Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite. -*- Autotest -*-
3 # Test suite for GNU tar.
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21 # A directory older than the listed entry was skipped completely.
23 AT_SETUP([incremental])
24 AT_KEYWORDS([incremental incr00])
28 echo x >structure/file
30 # On Nextstep (and perhaps other 4.3BSD systems),
31 # a newly created file's ctime isn't updated
32 # until the next sync or stat operation on the file.
33 ls -l structure/file >/dev/null
35 # If the time of an initial backup and the creation time of a file contained
36 # in that backup are the same, the file will be backed up again when an
37 # incremental backup is done, because the incremental backup backs up
38 # files created `on or after' the initial backup time. Without the sleep
39 # command, behaviour of tar becomes variable, depending whether the system
40 # clock ticked over to the next second between creating the file and
44 tar cf archive --listed=list structure
45 tar cfv archive --listed=list structure
47 # ReiserFS often offsets the timestamps of newly created files
48 # 1 second to the past. Try to compensate for it, until a better
51 echo y >structure/file
52 tar cfv archive --listed=list structure
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