Re: [Bug-tar] Fwd: [regression] tar mess up \ and \\ files

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hi Nathan,

> Just to be clear, version 1.27 did behave differently from the earlier
> versions, and then 1.27.1 was released in order to change the behavior
> back to match the earlier versions.

Not quite so.  The bug you are referring to affected file names read
from a file supplied with the -T option, not the ones listed in the
command line.  The latter were handled as always.  To wit:

$ ls --quoting-style=literal
\  \\
$ tar --version|head -1
tar (GNU tar) 1.27
$ tar cfv ../2.tar *
\\
\\

Regards,
Sergey