BUG

[Andreas Bayer]

Dear Bug-Administrator,

I have found a bug within the gnu tar utility.
The program was used under NT 4.0 with Service-Pack 6,
the tar-version prompts as follows:

> C:\>tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.12
>
> Copyright (C) 1988, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.

Ok so far the system we are using, now comming to the bug:
Trying to archive a directory starting with a letter "B" or "b"
and located on "C:\", the program refuses to work.
It seems the there is a parsing problem within the file specification.
Here is a sample usage log:

> C:\>tar -cf test.tar c:\backup
> tar: Cannot add file cackup: No such file or directory
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
>
> C:\>

I hope that this will help to improve the quality of our
maintenanced software.

Kind regards,

Andreas Bayer

getyourcar AG
Andreas Bayer
mailto:address@hidden
http://www.getyourcar.de