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3 total messages Started by Thomas Kelly Burkholder Mon, 20 Jul 1992 18:24

#163

Author: Thomas Kelly Burkholder
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 18:24

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Hi all -

First, I realize this is possibly the wrong forum for this question, but  
since I've had no response from my post to gnu.misc.discuss, I thought I'd  
try here:

Can anyone tell me why some files are replaced by "@@MaNgLeD.?" when I use  
gnu tar 1.10 to archive directories?

Here's what "tar -tf /dev/rst0" gave me:

..
menhir/Users/frauendo/Library/GDSSDoc...
menhir/Users/frauendo/Library/GDSSDoc...
@@MaNgLeD.0
@@MaNgLeD.1
@@MaNgLeD.2
@@MaNgLeD.3
menhir/Users/frauendo/Library/GDSSDoc...
menhir/Users/frauendo/Library/GDSSDoc...
..

Many thanks for any help anyone can offer - if I can't solve this, I may  
not be able to use gnu tar as my archiver.

-Thomas

Thomas Burkholder
burkhold@gdss.commerce.ubc.ca

tar

#218

Author: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 03:30

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   Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 18:24:06 GMT
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   From: burkhold@gdss.commerce.ubc.ca (Thomas Kelly Burkholder)
   Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu
   Keywords: tar MaNgLeD
   Nntp-Posting-Host: gdss.commerce.ubc.ca
   Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 18:24:06 GMT

   First, I realize this is possibly the wrong forum for this question, but  
   since I've had no response from my post to gnu.misc.discuss, I thought I'd  
   try here:

This is the right place.  Tar is a GNU utility, hence, bug-gnu-utils
is the right list.

   Can anyone tell me why some files are replaced by "@@MaNgLeD.?" when I use  
   gnu tar 1.10 to archive directories?

Names which are too long to fit within the limits of the tar format
get their names changed in this manner.  At the end of the tar file is
a special record, however.  When extracting, if you let tar complete
(rather than interrupting it part way through), it will read this
special record, and rename the files back to their normal names.

	-mib

Re: tar

#180

Author: Kevin Rodgers
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:08

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In article <9207241130.AA07651@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:
>   From: burkhold@gdss.commerce.ubc.ca (Thomas Kelly Burkholder)
>   Keywords: tar MaNgLeD
>   Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 18:24:06 GMT
>
>   Can anyone tell me why some files are replaced by "@@MaNgLeD.?" when I use  
>   gnu tar 1.10 to archive directories?
>
>Names which are too long to fit within the limits of the tar format
>get their names changed in this manner.  At the end of the tar file is
>a special record, however.  When extracting, if you let tar complete
>(rather than interrupting it part way through), it will read this
>special record, and rename the files back to their normal names.

Is this a feature, or should tar catch the relevant signals and assure
that the extracted files have their original names restored?
-- 
Kevin Rodgers				kevin@traffic.den.mmc.com
Martin Marietta MS A16401		(303) 790-3971
116 Inverness Dr. East
Englewood CO 80112 USA			GO BUFFS!

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