>Number:         21064
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       request to (re)add tar -k option
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 07 22:56:00 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Geoff C. Wing
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6Q (2003/04/07)
>Organization:
Geoff Wing : <gcw@pobox.com>
Rxvt Stuff : <gcw@rxvt.org>
Zsh Stuff  : <gcw@zsh.org>
>Environment:
System: NetBSD sparkles.primenet.com.au 1.6Q NetBSD 1.6Q (SPARKLES) #0: Mon Apr 7 12:51:45 EST 2003 gcw@sparkles.primenet.com.au:/usr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SPARKLES i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
	tar used to have a -k option (or maybe the GNU tar did).  Works
	the same as the pax -k option (Do not overwrite existing files.)
	It would be great if this was (re)added to the tar frontend.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Observation
>Fix:
	Not yet.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: