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Re: [Bug-tar] problem observed in GNU tar in Linux 8.2
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-tar] problem observed in GNU tar in Linux 8.2 |
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Date: |
17 Sep 2003 10:24:32 -0700 |
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JOBY JOSEPH <address@hidden> writes:
> tar package - tar-1.13.25-8
> tar version - tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
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> When I use this tar utility to tar up some directory
> tree, it trims off the file names which has more than
> 78 characters in the name (including the directory
> path).
It shouldn't do that, and tar 1.13.25 doesn't do that for me.
How do you know it's trimming the file names?
Tar format is a little weird: the file name is indeed broken into two
pieces after the first 100 bytes, but that's to be expected; it's part
of the standard.