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Re: [Bug-tar] exclude wildcards with backslash


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] exclude wildcards with backslash
Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 14:29:23 -0600
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On 05/06/2010 02:24 PM, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Jean-Louis Martineau <address@hidden> ha escrit:
> 
>> $ tar xf file.tar --wildcards --exclude 't\*s'
>> It worked for all tar version up to 1.22
>> With tar-1.23, it extract everything except the file 't\*s.
> 
> There was a bug in the `exclude' module. I have installed the
> attached patch.

> +  do
> +    {
> +      if (inset)
> +     {
> +       if (*q == ']')
> +         inset = 0;
> +     }
> +      else if (*q == '[')
> +     inset = 1;
> +      else if (*q == '\\')
> +     q++;
> +    }
> +  while ((*str++ = *q++));

This doesn't handle: []\a] as the set that recognizes '\\', 'a', or ']'.
 Should it?

-- 
Eric Blake   address@hidden    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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