Hello,
a few years ago, I reported a bug against tar [1]. This problem does not
appear any more (tar 1.20 in Debian lenny). But when using absolute paths:
mazur@box:~/tmp$ tar uf test.tar /home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/
tar: Entferne führende »/« von Elementnamen
mazur@box:~/tmp$ tar tf test.tar
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/test1/
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/test1/datei
mazur@box:~/tmp$ tar uf test.tar /home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/
tar: Entferne führende »/« von Elementnamen
mazur@box:~/tmp$ tar tf test.tar
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/test1/
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/test1/datei
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/test1/
home/mazur/tmp/tar-bug/test1/datei
the problem is still present.
with best regards,
Martin
PS: please CC, I'm still off-list :-)
[1]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2005-06/msg00024.html
