Re: [Bug-tar] special character in filename problem ... tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Rudolf Potucek <address@hidden> wrote:

> # tar -cC /home/potucek/
> safe/misc/rccalcs4/r\(\[r\(rc\)\]\[\(rc\)\]\)-100-50.z | tar -xC
> /mnt/archos-ext/potucek/
> safe/misc/rccalcs4/r\(\[r\(rc\)\]\[\(rc\)\]\)-100-50.z
> tar: safe/misc/rccalcs4/r([r(rc)][(rc)])-100-50.z: Not found in archive

Both '[' and ']' have special meaning for the shell. You should always
use extra level of quoting when using filenames with such characters,
e.g.

tar -xC /mnt/archos-ext/potucek/
   'safe/misc/rccalcs4/r\(\[r\(rc\)\]\[\(rc\)\]\)-100-50.z'


Regards,
Sergey