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

[Joerg Schilling]

Live user <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 05/11/2012 11:54, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Live user wrote:
> >
> >> The original tar archive was generated by Android BackupManager, which
> >> is not including the trailing slash for directories. Is there any
> >> possibility to do the same with GNU Tar?
> >
> > I believe not, but star allows you to do this with:
> >
> >     -no-dirslash    don't append a slash to directory names
> >
> > as long as you don't tell it to create "old tar" archives.
>
> star is not available for some operating systems, which is even worse if 
> you are using windows.

It seems that you are incorrectly informed.

Star runs on all platforms of interest. What platform are you using?

Jörg

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