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Re: [Bug-tar] Prb with tar


From: Joerg Schilling
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] Prb with tar
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:31:39 +0200
User-agent: nail 11.2 8/15/04

Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> wrote:

> Joerg Schilling <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > If you used Solaris tar to archive very long filenames, you cannot extract
> > with GNU tar. Use star instead:
>
> Joerg, before answering please make sure you know what you are talking
> about. GNU tar supports pax archives since version 1.14.

Sergey, 

before you answer, please try to understand the problem!

Sun tar does not (yet) uses pax archives for very long file names
but the archive format that pax was based on...

AFAIK, star is the only free implementation that supports this format.


Jörg

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