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Re: [Bug-tar] Directories are listed like files, no trailing slash shown


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] Directories are listed like files, no trailing slash shown
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:34:47 -0700
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121028 Thunderbird/16.0.2

On 11/03/2012 06:55 AM, Live user wrote:
> Android BackupManager may require listed directories inside
> tar archive not to have trailing slash

That's a real problem.  GNU tar has put in those trailing
slashes for decades, and if memory serves it did so for
compatibility with other tar implementations.  Are you sure
Android barfs with them?



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