On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 12:07:05PM +0100, freebsd_daemon wrote: > Dear list, > > # tar xvf ./varia.tar > ../varia/ > tar: ../varia/: Member name contains `..' > Is there a way to un-tar that archive despite of that? pax -r -s '#^\.\.\/##' varia.tar -- Adam Fabian (afabian at austin.rr.com)