Re: [Bug-tar] file name with backslash is not archived

[Joerg Schilling]

Hugo Mildenberger <address@hidden> wrote:

> >No, it is listed in the "Local file selection" section:
> The misunderstanding stems from the -T constraint, not from the 
> section it appears in:
>
>  --no-unquote    do not unquote filenames read with -T
>  --unquote          unquote filenames read with -T (default)
>
>
> > Tar manual is distributed in the variety of formats, but "manpage"
> > is not among them[1].
>
> Duh, I should have known that GNU people abhor man pages. Sorry for that ...
> Actually, "man -a tar" finds several of them in the same section. One 
> outdated 
> and one described as "lovingly updated" by Gentoo folks. The latter page 
> actually  lists --unquote.

Additional documentation is no problem, but wouldn't it be apropriate to 
include a 
complete documention at least in the standard man format?

Jörg

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