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revision 1.37 by gray, Mon Jul 28 11:41:17 2003 UTC revision 1.38 by eggert, Mon Sep 22 18:26:50 2003 UTC
# Line 1802  long form of the operation without affec Line 1802  long form of the operation without affec
1802  * extracting archives::  * extracting archives::
1803  * extracting files::  * extracting files::
1804  * extract dir::  * extract dir::
1805    * extracting untrusted archives::
1806  * failing commands::  * failing commands::
1807  @end menu  @end menu
1808    
# Line 1922  of the file names when you extract those Line 1923  of the file names when you extract those
1923  @FIXME{IMPORTANT!  show the final structure, here.  figure out what it  @FIXME{IMPORTANT!  show the final structure, here.  figure out what it
1924  will be.}  will be.}
1925    
1926    @node extracting untrusted archives
1927    @subsection Extracting Archives from Untrusted Sources
1928    
1929    Extracting files from archives can overwrite files that already exist.
1930    If you receive an archive from an untrusted source, you should make a
1931    new directory and extract into that directory, so that you don't have
1932    to worry about the extraction overwriting one of your existing files.
1933    For example, if @file{untrusted.tar} came from somewhere else on the
1934    Internet, and you don't necessarily trust its contents, you can
1935    extract it as follows:
1936    
1937    @example
1938    $ @kbd{mkdir newdir}
1939    $ @kbd{cd newdir}
1940    $ @kbd{tar -xvf ../untrusted.tar}
1941    @end example
1942    
1943  @node failing commands  @node failing commands
1944  @subsection Commands That Will Fail  @subsection Commands That Will Fail
1945    

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