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Re:Gnu tar happily connects to remote hosts, depending on fi... by pjungwir on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @07:55PM (#6402632)
I don't see how quoting or a shell-level backslash would change tar's behavior to something safe. Tar would still see a colon in its argv either way. Right?
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Re:Gnu tar happily connects to remote hosts, depending on fi... by pankkake on Thursday September 26, 2013 @05:04PM (#6453644)
No, it would see \:
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