Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 01:26:21 +0100 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: BSD tar broken file name parsing Message-ID: <031501c6a225$27797a00$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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Just had a really strange one, on a fresh 6.1 install
tar will not extract named files e.g.
tar -xvzPf my.tar.gz /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
The above fails to extract the file which quite
clearly exists:
tar -tvzPf my.tar.gz | grep /usr/local/etc/httpd.conf
-rw-r--r-- 0 root wheel 37202 May 6 23:30 /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
Similarly -tvzPf naming the file doesnt find the file.
Using wild cards finds the file:
tar -tvzPf my.tar.gz '*httpd.conf'
-rw-r--r-- 0 root wheel 37202 May 6 23:30 /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
I suspect its -P processing that is broken. Installing
gtar and using that works fine:
gtar -xvzPf my.tar.gz /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
/usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
gtar -tvzPf my.tar.gz /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
-rw-r--r-- root/wheel 37202 2006-05-06 23:30:58 /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf
Steve
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