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[Bug-tar] --verbatim-files-from is not verbatim at all
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Raingloom |
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[Bug-tar] --verbatim-files-from is not verbatim at all |
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Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:11:23 -0400 |
Hi, I think I found a bug in tar 1.29
I was trying to tar up files that were listed line by line, but their names contained weird characters. According to every source, --verbatim-files-from should work in this case. It does not work. Neither did using zero terminated strings instead of lines.
The file list in question is attached.
The error message was:
```
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: /home/rain/Pictures/steven/\:\\.jpg: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
```
And yes it's true the picture did not exist but it's also just as true that the file's name was
":\\.jpg"
(because it's a reaction picture folder and that's the face the character makes)
I checked with BSD tar and it worked fine.
-rain
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