Example: user@pc:~$ touch '\\' user@pc:~$ tar -cf test.tar '\\'
or user@pc:~$ touch \\\\ user@pc:~$ tar -cf test.tar \\\\ Output: tar: \\: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors But: user@pc:~$ touch \\ user@pc:~$ tar -cf test.tar \\ works. and: user@pc:~$ touch '\' user@pc:~$ tar -cf test.tar '\' works Best regards
