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Re: [Bug-tar] tar reports file name too long, even with --format=posix
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Bug-tar] tar reports file name too long, even with --format=posix |
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:57:12 -0600 |
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According to Boemker, Tim on 6/17/2008 1:41 PM:
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| If I create the file by other means, other Cygwin commands are able to
| access the file; the problem is specific to GNU tar. My understanding
| is that the posix format supports filenames of unlimited length. Is
| this a bug in tar?
Most likely not a tar bug, but a fundamental limitation of your file
system. Just because the tar file format supports long names doesn't mean
Windows has to.
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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