On Friday 14 February 2003 22:26, Oliver Ob wrote:
I have found out that I for example cannot extract my STARTMENUE folder out of this tar, because the "UE" is a GERMAN char abbreviated or lets call it changed by tar to Startmen\201/ so that it cannot open a directory called like that
This is truely annoying. Where is a workaround this?
You might consider sending a bug report to bug-tar@gnu.org.
From the README that comes with the tar source:
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Send bug reports to `bug-tar@gnu.org'. (Beware, old-timers: it is
`@gnu', not `@prep'; and not `bug-gnu-utils' anymore.) A bug report
is an adequate description of the problem: your input, what you
expected, what you got, and why this is wrong. Diffs are welcome,
but they only describe a solution, from which the problem might be
uneasy to infer. If needed, submit actual data files with your
report. Small data files are preferred. Big files may sometimes be
necessary, but do not send them to the report address; rather take
special arrangement with the maintainer.
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