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Tom Lee wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> after further study, I noticed that using "c:/directory" works fine with 
> my tests except tar.exe.
> 
> all of the following commands works
> cp.exe c:/temp/tuner.h c:/test/
> mv.exe c:/temp/tt.h c:/test
> 
> for tar.exe,
> tar test.tar c:/temp/*
> works.
> however,
>  tar cvf c:/test.tar  c:/temp/*
> and
>  tar xvf c:/test.tar
> will fail
> 
> is tar.exe the only exception that won't work correctly when using "c:/"?
> 
> from my test, I didn't see any other commands has the problem in 
> handling "c:/"
> 
> I understand people here may like /cygdrive/c more than c:/.  Just want 
> to know if it is an accident feature that all other commands can work 
> with c:/ except tar?

Tom, have you ever read the man page for 'tar'?  Now might be a good time.
Pay special attention to the "--force-local" flag.

This is not a Cygwin issue.  Further discussion if it in this thread is
therefore off-topic for this list.  You'll have to find another mailing list
to follow-up with if you want to talk about this more.

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