Re: [Bug-tar] tar: Problems processing files with backslashes

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Hello,

> I noticed tar showing an error with files which contain some
> backslashes.
> 
> Example:
> user@pc:~$ touch '\\'
> user@pc:~$ tar -cf test.tar '\\'

Please use the --no-unquote option:

  tar -cf test.tar --no-unquote '\\'

Regards,
Sergey