--- busybox-1.00/archival/tar.c.orig	2005-08-13 12:41:09.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.00/archival/tar.c	2005-08-13 12:39:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@
 	/* TODO: This is the same as in ar, separate function ? */
 	while (optind < argc) {
 		char *filename_ptr = last_char_is(argv[optind], '/');
-		if (filename_ptr) {
+		if (argv[optind] != filename_ptr && filename_ptr) {
 			*filename_ptr = '\0';
 		}
 		tar_handle->accept = llist_add_to(tar_handle->accept, argv[optind]);
