I am seeing this anomaly in both ActivePerl 5.10.1 build 1006 as well as ActivePerl 5.6.1 build 638 on Windows. I am trying to create a TAR file by storing the folder path. However, on repeated attempts, the folder path information is never being written to TAR file. Here is the code: 
use strict;
use Archive::Tar ;
my $tar = Archive::Tar->new;
my ($tarFile) = "test.tar";
$tar->add_data( "test/test.txt", "Hello World 1");
$tar->add_data( "qa/test1.txt", "Hello World 2");
$tar->write( "$tarFile.tgz", 8);
$tar->clear;
undef $tar;

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I expect "test.txt" to be deflated to "test" sub-folder. Likewise "test1.txt" to be deflated to "qa" sub-folder. However, the "path" information is empty, when I open the TGZ file. I tried passing an options array using $tar->add_data( "test/test.txt", "Hello World 1", {prefix => 'test'}); to no avail, either. I spent several hours on trying to see what may be amiss. I am unable to make progress. Please help.

In reply to Cannot add "folder" information to Archive::Tar->add_data in Win32 (ActivePerl) by rasa

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