[On 27 Jul, @23:45, Helmut Waitzmann wrote in "Re: [Bug-tar] \a \b \f and \t ..."] > Miek Gieben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >% find ~/tmp/silly_names -print > /tmp/filelist > > > >make a tar of it: > > tar --create --file /tmp/test.tar --files-from /tmp/filelist --verbose > > Will the errors occur, if you use GNU find with predicate '-print0' > rather than '-print' and tar's option '--null'? Try the following > commands: > > $ find ~/tmp/silly_names -print0 > /tmp/filelist > $ tar --create --file /tmp/test.tar --null \
ahh, didn't know about that --null option. > --files-from /tmp/filelist --verbose > > If the errors persist, then that's a bug indeed. alas: % find ~/tmp/silly_names -print0 > /tmp/filelist % cat filelist /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \a/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \b/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/een \e/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \c/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/een \d/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \f/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/een \g/home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \h/ % tar --create --file /tmp/test.tar --null --files-from /tmp/filelist --verbose tar: Removing leading `/' from member names /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/ /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\a /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\b /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\e /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\c /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\d /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\f /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\g /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\h /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\s /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\t tar: /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \a: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \b: Cannot stat: No such file or directory /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\e /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\c /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\d tar: /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \f: Cannot stat: No such file or directory /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\g /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\h /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \\s tar: /home/miekg/tmp/silly_names/the \t: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors So it looks like a real bug to me. Is mailing to bug-tar the official way to report a bug? Or is there a bugzilla or something anywhere? Thanks, -- grtz, - Miek http://www.miek.nl http://www.nlnetlabs.nl PGP Key ID: 0xB18453A1 fingerprint: 002B B079 0DDA 7D44 2B5C CAB0 C3B7 F943 B184 53A1
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