From pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca  Fri Sep 13 20:04:22 2002
From: pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca (Paul Gilbert)
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:04:22 -0400
Subject: snapshot Permission denied
References: <3D80BEA6.FDEFDA66@bank-banque-canada.ca>
Message-ID: <3D8236B6.53138A4A@bank-banque-canada.ca>

Paul Gilbert wrote:
> 
> With todays devel snapshot I get
> 
> [40] /.../R : tar -xf R-1.6.0beta_2002-09-11.tar
> tar: R-1.6.0/date-stamp: Could not create file: Permission denied

Well, to answer my own question:

You stupidly forgot to get rid of the directory created the day before,
and the date-stamp file is read only so tar cannot overwrite it. You
should know better. Have a good weekend.

Paul
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snapshot Permission denied
Paul Gilbert