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-rwxr-xr-xbin/xattr-helper.py9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/xattr-helper.py b/bin/xattr-helper.py
index d40217c9a..b832f5ea7 100755
--- a/bin/xattr-helper.py
+++ b/bin/xattr-helper.py
@@ -94,11 +94,14 @@ def dump_xattrs(file_in, file_out):
attrs = xattr.list(pathname)
if not attrs:
continue
- file_out.write(b'# file: ' + quote(pathname, b'\n\r') + b'\n')
+
+ # NOTE: Always quote backslashes, in order to ensure that they are
+ # not interpreted as quotes when they are processed by unquote.
+ file_out.write(b'# file: ' + quote(pathname, b'\n\r\\\\') + b'\n')
for attr in attrs:
attr = unicode_encode(attr)
- file_out.write(quote(attr, b'=\n\r') + b'="' +
- quote(xattr.get(pathname, attr), b'\\\0\n\r"') + b'"\n')
+ file_out.write(quote(attr, b'=\n\r\\\\') + b'="' +
+ quote(xattr.get(pathname, attr), b'\0\n\r"\\\\') + b'"\n')
def restore_xattrs(file_in):