[ python-Bugs-1685773 ] tarfile file names under win32

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Bugs item #1685773, was opened at 2007-03-22 04:12
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: ralf (indi4source)
Assigned to: Lars Gustäbel (gustaebel)
Summary: tarfile file names under win32

Initial Comment:
the tarfile module uses normpath() to store the file name in the archive. Under win32 this results in pathes with backslashes and possible a leading "\". This confuses the  unix tar command.

I suppose the following commands instead of 
just normpath():
path = normpath (path)
path = path.replace ("\\", "/")
path = path.lstrip ("/")

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Comment By: Gabriel Genellina (gagenellina)
Date: 2007-03-23 07:36

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tarfile already attempts to manage backslashes well, using
os.path.normpath(path).replace(os.sep, "/")
Can you provide a small script demonstrating the failure?


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