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From: vizard@dartvax.UUCP (Todd Krein)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Bug in tar.c
Message-ID: <6135@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-May-87 16:01:10 EDT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.6135
Posted: Mon May  4 16:01:10 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 9-May-87 02:13:03 EDT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Lines: 26
Keywords: quick fix


[munch]

	Here's a bug fix for tar. if you typed 'tar c /dev/at0 /usr/*'
it would create incorrect file names. Very simple fix, just clear the
path name after doing each command line filename.

diff tar.c tar.new

60a61,62
> char path[NAME_SIZE];
> char pathname[NAME_SIZE];
111c113
< 	for (i = 3; i < argc; i++)
---
> 	for (i = 3; i < argc; i++) {
112a115,116
> 		path[0] = '\0';
> 	}
281d284
< char path[NAME_SIZE];
283d285
< char pathname[NAME_SIZE];

	Todd Krein
	vizard@dartvax