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

Stefan Hammerl via Dar-support <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.dar.support
Message-ID <CAA27OgSwvA+9mH79wXmh+qfny_V8TUKhJdu1pqBcnhK1GhPDuA@mail.gmail.com>
Thank you, that helps :).

Am Di., 27. Apr. 2021 um 21:44 Uhr schrieb Denis Corbin <[email protected]>:
>
>
> 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
> >
> >
>
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