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Article #2148Re: PAX problems with linked files
From: John Woods
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1989 00:35
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1989 00:35
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In article <1989Mar17.174014.15444@tmsoft.uucp>, woods@tmsoft.uucp (Greg Woods) writes: > > > I would also like to see extraction always create under the current > directory, regardless of whether there is a leading slash on the > filename stored in the archive. It thought this is what the > documentation ment by "relative to the current directory". I will > probably make this modification myself anyway. > UNOS' archive-reader program (installation) takes an argument to strip a leading string from filenames, which not only handles turning absolute pathnames into relative pathnames but also things like "/mnt/". You might want to adopt that. -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu "He should be put in stocks in Lafeyette Square across from the White House and pelted with dead cats." - George F. Will
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!ll-xn!adelie!mirror!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs Subject: Re: PAX problems with linked files Keywords: pax tar cpio archive tape Message-ID: <1122@frog.UUCP> Date: 19 Mar 89 00:35:00 GMT References: <1989Mar17.174014.15444@tmsoft.uucp> Organization: Misanthropes-R-Us Lines: 19