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opened 2026-01-29 16:27:27 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
claunia commented 2026-01-29 16:27:27 +00:00
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Originally created by @JohnRusk on GitHub (Apr 3, 2018).

There's an empty directory with no name included in the tarball output. Here's an example, viewed in 7zip:

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When unpacking the tarball on Linux, this gives rise to a message that says:

tar: Substituting ' .' for empty member name

The message doesn't stop the extraction process, but it can be puzzling to users.

Originally created by @JohnRusk on GitHub (Apr 3, 2018). There's an empty directory with no name included in the tarball output. Here's an example, viewed in 7zip: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/25887678/38226343-3867106e-374d-11e8-97f6-64c9152ff441.png) When unpacking the tarball on Linux, this gives rise to a message that says: `tar: Substituting ' .' for empty member name` The message doesn't stop the extraction process, but it can be puzzling to users.
claunia commented 2026-01-29 16:27:28 +00:00
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@qmfrederik commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2019):

Hmm, it looks like this actually causes an error on macOS:

tar: Failed to set default locale
tar: Archive entry has empty or unreadable filename ... skipping.

~ % tar --version
tar: Failed to set default locale
bsdtar 3.3.2 - libarchive 3.3.2 zlib/1.2.11 liblzma/5.0.5 bz2lib/1.0.6
@qmfrederik commented on GitHub (Nov 29, 2019): Hmm, it looks like this actually causes an error on macOS: ``` tar: Failed to set default locale tar: Archive entry has empty or unreadable filename ... skipping. ``` ``` ~ % tar --version tar: Failed to set default locale bsdtar 3.3.2 - libarchive 3.3.2 zlib/1.2.11 liblzma/5.0.5 bz2lib/1.0.6 ```
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