Re: [Bug-tar] file name with backslash is not archived

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hugo Mildenberger <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> While "--no-unquote" appears to work ok here, the option isn't yet listed by 
> tar --help as being usable within a global context:

No, it is listed in the "Local file selection" section:

$ tar --help
[...]
  -K, --starting-file=MEMBER-NAME
                             begin at member MEMBER-NAME in the archive
      --newer-mtime=DATE     compare date and time when data changed only
      --no-null              disable the effect of the previous --null option
      --no-recursion         avoid descending automatically in directories
      --no-unquote           do not unquote filenames read with -T
      --null                 -T reads null-terminated names, disable -C
[...]

> And tar's manpage does not even mention an "--unquote" option.

Tar manual is distributed in the variety of formats, but "manpage"
is not among them[1].

This option is described in the section 6.2[2], as I said before:

   This default behavior is controlled by the following command line
   option:

   `--unquote'
        Enable unquoting input file or member names (default).

   `--no-unquote'
        Disable unquoting input file or member names.

Both options are also listed in the subsection 3.4.2 "tar Options"[3].
        
Regards,
Sergey

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual
[2] 
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Selecting-Archive-Members.html
[3] http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/All-Options.html