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Date:      Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:06:39 -0800
From:      sp0ng3b0b <sp0ng3b0b@sbcglobal.net>
To:        freebsd_daemon <free.bsd@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with tar archive
Message-ID:  <41C9A99F.2010300@sbcglobal.net>
In-Reply-To: <2365.1103713625@www17.gmx.net>
References:  <2365.1103713625@www17.gmx.net>

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I had some strange tar problems with bsd tar, which is included with 
5.3-RELEASE. I would recommend installing gtar and using that instead. 
By the way, if you install gtar, you just type "tar" as you normally would.

freebsd_daemon wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I got a tar archive (varia.tar), when I try to un-tar it I get:
> 
> # tar xvf ./varia.tar
> ../varia/
> tar: ../varia/: Member name contains `..'
> ../varia/bkup200401.gz
> tar: ../varia/bkup200401.gz: Member name contains `..'
> 
> [...]
> 
> ../varia/bkup200411.gz
> tar: ../varia/bkup200411.gz: Member name contains `..'
> tar: Error exit delay from previous error
> 
> Is there a way to un-tar that archive despite of that?
> 
> TIA
> 
> zheyu
> 



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