Re: problem with GNU tar on NT

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Paul Eggert wrote:

> > a. This involves files contained on ClearCase.
> > b. Works fine if ClearCase Server is NT.
> > c. Does not work right if ClearCase Server is on Unix using TAS
> > (totalnet by LSILogic).  Which is the case here.
> > d. If we do the tar manually the tar works.  But if we run it from a
> > script, using gmake and gtar on the NT side is when it fails.
> 
> This make it sound like it might be a bug in the NT port of GNU tar,
> i.e. it's not a bug in the portable part of the tar code (which is
> what I maintain), but somewhere in the NT port (which someone else
> maintains -- sorry, I don't know who).  I'll CC: this to
> address@hidden to see whether anyone with NT experience can help.

I don't maintain the NT port of Tar (I don't even use it), but I could 
try to think what could be the cause of the problem, if only I knew what 
the problem is.  The above description just says "it fails" which is not 
enough ;-)  I need to know what does "fails" mean, exactly.

Also, what is TAS?  Is it a network redirector which you use to mount a 
Unix disk so it can be accessed from NT (or vice versa)?