On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Amos Hayes wrote: > R When extracting from tape, ignore leading slashes on file names, > i.e., extract all files relative to the current directory. This > also applies (as of IRIX 6.2) to any links that are restored (and > symbolic links if specified as RR). When specified as RRR, all > filenames (including the targets of symbolic links) are made > directory relative; that is, they are extracted as ./filename. So a symlink to ../../../../../../../etc would extract as ./../../../../../../../etc, unless you use RRR? > If specified as RRR, all directory information is stripped from > pathnames in the archive, including the pathnames of symbolic > links. All files will be written to the current directory; no > directories will be created; symbolic links will only refer to > files in the current directory. How often does this option get used? It is true that one should be careful in installing software. But many times I have extracted tar files that didn't contain software I was going to run, or that contained software I was going to inspect and then run later. Kragen -- <kragenat_private> Kragen Sitaker <http://www.pobox.com/~kragen/> The sages do not believe that making no mistakes is a blessing. They believe, rather, that the great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and continually make a new man of himself. -- Wang Yang-Ming
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