Re: tar msdos ver -- running w2k pro

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 12:53:51PM -0700, Jonathan Duff wrote:
> I've tried to run tar-1.12.msdos.exe on a Windows 2000 Pro workstation
> and had no success. I type the command:
> tar -c testfile.txt

well, you don't specify output file by the means of option -f.
The default is stdout, as it seems. (On UNIX, it would pobably be a tape
device.)

Use
        tar -cf test.tar testfile.txt

BTW, there are various Windows ports of GNU tar, you may also try the
other ones:

http://www.delorie.com
http://www.cygwin.com
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net

HTH,
        Stepan Kasal