BUG REPORT FOR TAR 1.13(Incremental backup)

[Department of Geology,Network Administrator]

I am trying to do incremental backups with tar 1.13.  However, if I do
something like:

tar cvf backup.tar -g file-list /home/guest

it works.  Upon trying to list and it, however, I find that the tar file
contains many directories like 07124315726

My files are inside those directories.  Upon trying to restore, I end
up with a unholy number of the 07 . . . directories with my files
actually in them.  I've checked it out on the internet and many seem
to have problems.  Is this  a bug?

I realize that the 07. . .  is probably an internal representation of
the date stamp.  However, my problem is that when I try to restore,
all my files end up in the 07 . . . directories, not their original
homes.  Naturally, I restore w/ something like tar xvgf backup
backup.tar (in the proper directory)  What should I do?

Our Enviroment
RedHat linux 6.2
kernel 2.4.3
tar 1.13

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But tar 1.12 work correct.
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Meng Bian Long
Network Administrator
Department of Geology
North West University
Tel: 029-8302019,029-8302224,029-8302225
Fax: 029-8304789
Email: address@hidden
Web: http://202.117.105.63