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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 17:45
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 17:45
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tar 1.11.1 has an annoying habit of printing out a number instead of a name
if it can't find the directory to untar into...
Here's a patch: (I wish everything was this simple!)
leisner@annapurna$ !rcsdiff
rcsdiff -c tar.c
===================================================================
RCS file: tar.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -c -r1.1 tar.c
*** 1.1 1992/12/27 23:55:25
--- tar.c 1992/12/28 00:07:12
***************
*** 433,439 ****
#if 0
case 'C':
if(chdir(optarg)<0)
! msg_perror("Can't change directory to %d",optarg);
break;
#endif
--- 433,439 ----
#if 0
case 'C':
if(chdir(optarg)<0)
! msg_perror("Can't change directory to %s",optarg);
break;
#endif
***************
*** 1051,1057 ****
if (nlp->fake)
{
if (nlp->change_dir && chdir (nlp->change_dir))
! msg_perror ("Can't change to directory %d", nlp->change_dir);
namelist = 0;
return 1;
}
--- 1051,1057 ----
if (nlp->fake)
{
if (nlp->change_dir && chdir (nlp->change_dir))
! msg_perror ("Can't change to directory %s", nlp->change_dir);
namelist = 0;
return 1;
}
--
marty
leisner.henr801c@xerox.com leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com
Member of the League for Programming Freedom
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