Re: Possible bug in tar

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Rick Coupland <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:41:54 -0700

> I have now discovered that the file is restored & the contents are
> correct but the file name is incorrect.  It is missing the last
> character.

This sounds like a bug that is fixed in the latest test version of GNU
tar.  You can get the latest test version from:

ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.13.25.tar.gz

(Sorry, I forget which tar version you're using.)


> I have now reproduced the problem with a zapped version of all of
> the source files (every printable character replaced with a "Z").  The
> resulting archive, compressed with bzip2 is about 2 MB.  Where
> would you like me to put it?

If you can reproduce the problem with tar 1.13.25, please email me
that archive.  9Please don't bother sending it to tar-bugs.)