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Re: [Bug-tar] tar -X and ~ is tricky
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Sergey Poznyakoff |
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Re: [Bug-tar] tar -X and ~ is tricky |
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Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:10:54 +0200 |
Ingo Lantschner <address@hidden> wrote:
> The reason may be, that ~ translates to /home/username which is different
> from home/username (see the missing Slash!). tar removes the leading slash
> by default, in order to have a relative path.
Yes, Ingo, that's because of the leading slash. Use -P if you wish
to preserve it.
Regards,
Sergey