Package: tar Version: 1.13.93-4 Filenames on the commandline or read from a file via -T are not interpreted correctly. I.e. to include the file "foo\bar" in an archive, one has to specify "foo\\bar".
If this is intended behaviour it lacks documentation. The attached script "doit" gave this output:
+ set -e + mkdir test + echo 1 + echo 2 + echo 3 + set +e + tar cf test1.tar test + tar cf test2.tar 'test/baz\\quux' 'test/foo\bar' test/quuux tar: test/baz\\quux: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: test/foo\bar: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors + tar cf test3.tar 'test/foo\bar' 'test/baz\\quux' test/quuux tar: test/foo\bar: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: test/baz\\quux: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors + find test + tar cfT test4.tar - tar: test/foo\bar: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: test/baz\\quux: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors + tar tvf test1.tar drwxr-xr-x rb/rb 0 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/ -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/foo\\bar -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/baz\\\\quux -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/quuux + tar tvf test2.tar -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/quuux + tar tvf test3.tar -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/quuux + tar tvf test4.tar drwxr-xr-x rb/rb 0 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/ -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/foo\\bar -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/baz\\\\quux -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/quuux -rw-r--r-- rb/rb 2 2005-02-14 10:58:09 test/quuux
#!/bin/sh -x set -e mkdir test echo 1 > 'test/foo\bar' echo 2 > 'test/baz\\quux' echo 3 > 'test/quuux' set +e tar cf test1.tar test tar cf test2.tar test/* tar cf test3.tar 'test/foo\bar' 'test/baz\\quux' 'test/quuux' find test | tar cfT test4.tar - tar tvf test1.tar tar tvf test2.tar tar tvf test3.tar tar tvf test4.tar
-- Robbe
