Re: [Bug-tar] I/O error when filename has colons

[Kamil Dudka]

Look at http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/file.html and 
the --force-local option.

Kamil


On Saturday 14 of March 2009 08:43:54 Marcel (Felix) Giannelia wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I understand why tar is complaining -- I know that when it sees colons
> in a filename it's expecting it to be in host:/file/name format -- but
> the error message it gives when I forget to properly escape colons in
> local filenames is frightening:
>
> $ tar -tf 2009-03-09T01\:30\:03-07\:00.rdiff-backup-increment.tar
> tar: 2009-03-09T01\:30\:03-07\:00.rdiff-backup-increment.tar: Cannot
> open: Input/output error
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>
> Of course, after a few seconds I realize my error and am relieved to
> know that that didn't come from my hard drive or filesystem, but I think
> that the error message should read "Cannot open: host 2009-03-09T01 not
> found" -- that way, no one need go through any momentary terror when
> this happens :)
>
> Perhaps the error could even read "Cannot open: host 2009-03-09T01 not
> found (prefix with './' for a local filename with colons)"?
>
> ~Felix.