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Date:      Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:25:52 -0600
From:      afabian@austin.rr.com
To:        freebsd_daemon <free.bsd@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with tar archive
Message-ID:  <20041223032552.GA3691@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net>
In-Reply-To: <2365.1103713625@www17.gmx.net>
References:  <2365.1103713625@www17.gmx.net>

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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
-- 
Adam Fabian (afabian@austin.rr.com)



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