Debian bug report logs - #819 tar should have null-separated archive list option Package: tar ; Reported by: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson); 193 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Fri Apr 21 13:26:46 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s2PHq-0008m7A; Fri, 21 Apr 95 13:26 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11253 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 21 Apr 1995 13:25:27 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #30) id m0s2PFM-000BzrA; Fri, 21 Apr 95 21:24 BST Received: by chiark id m0s2OVg-0000XPA (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.30); Fri, 21 Apr 95 20:37 BST Message-Id: Date: Fri, 21 Apr 95 20:37 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Subject: tar should have null-separated archive list option Precedence: air-mail Package: tar Version: 1.11.5-2 The usage message from tar says that the -null flag causes tar to expect a null-separated list of filenames (for -T, etc.) However, when listing the contents of an archive, there appears to be no way to produce a null-terminated list. Such a facility would be useful, and is necessary to deal properly with filenames containing newlines. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#819 ; Package tar . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov