Re: [Bug-tar] Bug Report

[Helmut Waitzmann]

"Felix Riemann" <address@hidden> writes:

>Using
>$ tar xf FILE.tar
>where FILE contains colons (in my case, FILE contained the time in
>HH:MM:SS) does not seem to work.

Yes.  It's a feature, not a bug.  See the tar option '--force-local'.  If
you want that option to be the default, consider using the TAR_OPTIONS
environment variable.
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