1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index c8a2bd385..b3fa447f2 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -731,6 +731,11 @@ int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Setup an array of filenames to work with */
 	/* TODO: This is the same as in ar, seperate function ? */
 	while (optind < argc) {
+		char *filename_ptr;
+		filename_ptr = last_char_is(argv[optind], '/');
+		if (filename_ptr) {
+			*filename_ptr = '\0';
+		}
 		tar_handle->accept = llist_add_to(tar_handle->accept, argv[optind]);
 		optind++;
 	}