[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [Full-disclosure] GNU tar directory traversal
- To: full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] GNU tar directory traversal
- From: virus@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:19:29 +0100
Hello,
Siim Põder wrote:
> But not outside cwd or another directory specified by the -C option.
> Agreed? Great.
no. Not agreed. -C is for changing the directory *before processing the
remaining arguments*. So, if you don't want tar to overwrite files, you
have to use -w.
GTi
_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/