Re: [Bug-tar] possible extraction issue : file named '['

[Joerg Schilling]

Skunk Worx <address@hidden> wrote:

> $ tar -tvf a.tar
> -rw-rw-r-- skunk/skunk 0 2006-05-19 20:14 [
> -rw-rw-r-- skunk/skunk 0 2006-05-19 20:14 ]
> -rw-rw-r-- skunk/skunk 0 2006-05-19 20:14 #
>
> $ rm ']' '[' '#'
>
> $ ls
> a.tar  tar
>
> $ tar -xvf a.tar '#'
> #
>
> $ tar -xvf a.tar ']'
> ]
>
> $ tar -xvf a.tar '['
> tar: [: Not found in archive
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

This may be caused from using a pattern matcher in GNU tar
where it is not expected. GNU tar is clearly not compatible to tar 
or SUSv2 in this area.

Jörg

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