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On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:07:05PM +0100, freebsd_daemon wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> # tar xvf ./varia.tar
> ../varia/
> tar: ../varia/: Member name contains `..'

> Is there a way to un-tar that archive despite of that?

pax -r -s '#^\.\.\/##' varia.tar
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Adam Fabian (afabian@austin.rr.com)