[On 17 Aug, @23:10, Doug McLaren wrote in "[Bug-tar] bug in GNU tar? -- b ..."] > I think I've found a bug in GNU tar. It's somewhat serious (as it can > cause files to not be archived), though it's rather obscure -- only > people who have files with backslashes in them, and who are using the > --files-from= (or -T) option will see it. And then only sometimes.
I've filed a simular bug report a few weeks ago (don't have the URL at hand) and this should already be fixed in CVS. AFAIC tar had problems with \a, \t, \f, etc. (the C escape sequences). Regards, Miek Gieben
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