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Date:	Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:43:10 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: tar ball with illegal file names
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In-Reply-To:	<200101300040.TAA13633@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:40:25PM -0500

On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:40:25PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> >Wish I had looked at DJGPP back then, but I don't believe I was even
>> >aware of that project back then. I'll download the source archives from
>> >djgpp and take a look. Mine was rather primitive, and had enough holes
>> >to sail a tanker through. 
>
>http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/cvs.html
>
>> I hope I haven't just imagined this functionality.  I think I recall both
>> Eli Zaretski and DJ talking about it.
>
>You're thinking of djtar, not the djgpp port of GNU tar.  It does have
>that functionality.

Ah.  It doesn't sound like this would be useful for a GNU tar port, then.
Too bad.

cgf

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