diff -urN tar-1.13.25.old/src/common.h tar-1.13.25/src/common.h
--- tar-1.13.25.old/src/common.h	2001-09-20 20:00:55.000000000 -0400
+++ tar-1.13.25/src/common.h	2002-09-13 20:20:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@
 
 void init_names PARAMS ((void));
 void name_add PARAMS ((const char *));
+void name_dyn_add PARAMS ((char *));
 void name_init PARAMS ((int, char *const *));
 void name_term PARAMS ((void));
 char *name_next PARAMS ((int));
diff -urN tar-1.13.25.old/src/names.c tar-1.13.25/src/names.c
--- tar-1.13.25.old/src/names.c	2001-08-29 17:33:54.000000000 -0400
+++ tar-1.13.25/src/names.c	2002-09-13 20:20:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@
 static struct name *namelist;	/* first name in list, if any */
 static struct name **nametail = &namelist;	/* end of name list */
 static const char **name_array;	/* store an array of names */
+static char **name_dyn_array; /* names that need to be freed */
 static int allocated_names;	/* how big is the array? */
+static int dyn_names;           /* how many in dyn_array? */
 static int names;		/* how many entries does it have? */
 static int name_index;		/* how many of the entries have we scanned? */
 
@@ -193,7 +195,18 @@
 {
   allocated_names = 10;
   name_array = xmalloc (sizeof (const char *) * allocated_names);
+  name_dyn_array=NULL;
   names = 0;
+  dyn_names=0;
+}
+
+/* Add NAME to the list of names to be freed when name_term is called */
+void
+dyn_name_add (char *name)
+{
+  name_dyn_array = 
+    xrealloc(name_dyn_array, sizeof (const char *) * dyn_names+1);
+  name_dyn_array[dyn_names++]=name;
 }
 
 /* Add NAME at end of name_array, reallocating it as necessary.  */
@@ -248,8 +261,12 @@
 void
 name_term (void)
 {
+  int i;
+  for (i=0; i<dyn_names; i++)
+    free(name_dyn_array[i]);
   free (name_buffer);
   free (name_array);
+  free (name_dyn_array);
 }
 
 /* Read the next filename from name_file and null-terminate it.  Put
@@ -260,6 +277,7 @@
 {
   int character;
   size_t counter = 0;
+  char *tmp;
 
   /* FIXME: getc may be called even if character was EOF the last time here.  */
 
@@ -268,6 +286,8 @@
   while (character = getc (name_file),
 	 character != EOF && character != filename_terminator)
     {
+      if (character=='\\' || character=='\n')
+        name_buffer[counter++] = '\\';
       if (counter == name_buffer_length)
 	{
 	  if (name_buffer_length * 2 < name_buffer_length)
@@ -275,7 +295,10 @@
 	  name_buffer_length *= 2;
 	  name_buffer = xrealloc (name_buffer, name_buffer_length + 2);
 	}
-      name_buffer[counter++] = character;
+      if (character=='\n')
+        name_buffer[counter++] = 'n';
+      else
+        name_buffer[counter++] = character;
     }
 
   if (counter == 0 && character == EOF)
diff -urN tar-1.13.25.old/src/tar.c tar-1.13.25/src/tar.c
--- tar-1.13.25.old/src/tar.c	2001-09-20 20:11:27.000000000 -0400
+++ tar-1.13.25/src/tar.c	2002-09-13 20:20:04.000000000 -0400
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@
   const char *backup_suffix_string;
   const char *version_control_string = 0;
   int exclude_options = EXCLUDE_WILDCARDS;
+  char *name_tmp;
 
   /* Set some default option values.  */
 
@@ -588,7 +589,12 @@
 	/* File name or non-parsed option, because of RETURN_IN_ORDER
 	   ordering triggered by the leading dash in OPTION_STRING.  */
 
-	name_add (optarg);
+
+        if ((name_tmp=quote_copy_string(optarg))!=NULL) {
+          dyn_name_add (name_tmp);
+          name_add (name_tmp);
+        } else
+	  name_add (optarg);
 	input_files++;
 	break;
 
@@ -1122,7 +1128,11 @@
   /* Handle operands after any "--" argument.  */
   for (; optind < argc; optind++)
     {
-      name_add (argv[optind]);
+      if ((name_tmp=quote_copy_string(argv[optind]))!=NULL) {
+        dyn_name_add (name_tmp);
+        name_add (name_tmp);
+      } else
+        name_add (argv[optind]);
       input_files++;
     }