Re: How to get the filename of files in an archive correctly?

On 27/04/2021 18:59, Stefan Hammerl via Dar-support wrote:
> Hello,

Hello,

> 
> currently I am using the dar --list command to get a list of files in
> the archive. Usually this works for parsing the output and extracting
> the filename.
> I am having problems if the file ends with a whitespace as the list
> command shows for example:
> 
> [Data ][D][ EA  ][FSA][Compr][S]| Permission | User  | Group | Size
> |          Date                 |    filename
> --------------------------------+------------+-------+-------+---------+-------------------------------+------------
> [Saved][ ]       [-L-][     ][ ]  -rw-rw-r--   stefan  stefan 0
> Tue Apr 27 18:43:50 2021        spaceAtTheEnd
> 
> 'spaceAtTheEnd     ' is a valid unix file name but there is no chance
> to get that via command line interface. Extraction of that file is
> working as expected.
> 
> Is there a better way to get the filename?

have you tried the XML output? (see -Txml option)

> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Stefan
> 
>