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Kevin N. Carpenter (kncarp@nicsn1.monsanto.com) wrote:
: I seem to be having problems getting gtar (from the gtak201b.zip package) to
: restore any *.exe files.  The backup ran fine, and a "tar -tv" shows the files
: as being present.  When I do a "tar -xvw" it ask me if I wish to restore the
: first exe file, I see a bunch of disk and tape activity (it looks like its
: restoring), and no error messages are generated.  However, a dir command does
: not show the file as being present.

: Normally, I'd just use a utility to see if perhaps it simply has the wrong
: attributes, but I can't do that right now.  You see, 2.1Beta caused me
: enough grief that I reformated my disk, and I'm trying to restore my old
: 2.0+SP system, including those utilities.  In other words, I'm in PANIC mode!

: Any suggestions?

With much playing around I discovered that the EXE files were indeed restored,
but with a System attribute.  Doing a ATTRIB -S *.* in appropriate directories
caused the "missing" files to return.
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