X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-8.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_PASS
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
From:	Stephan Mueller <Stephan DOT Mueller AT microsoft DOT com>
To:	Reinier Post <rp AT win DOT tue DOT nl>, "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: tar hangs on unpacking calcoo_1.3.16.orig.tar
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:35:06 +0000
Deferred-Delivery:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:36:00 +0000
Message-ID:	<98091D8BAF39E746A7D3E618C948528D1298ED@DF-M14-03.exchange.corp.microsoft.com>
References:	<5a05e0e60911261052w2e60586cxe7a90d02b4cf6e0f AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20091126213025 DOT GA26443 AT win DOT tue DOT nl>
In-Reply-To:	<20091126213025.GA26443@win.tue.nl>
MIME-Version:	1.0
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

Reinier Post writes:
"   curl ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/c/calcoo/calcoo_1.3.16.orig.=
tar.gz
" | tar zxvf -
"
" hangs after printing the line
"
"   calcoo-1.3.16/src/aux.c
"
" This happens on two different i386 systems, both running an up to date Cy=
gwin
" on an up to date Windows XP with the latest security patches applied.
" The file system is NTFS.

The problem is likely related to the fact that Windows won't allow creation=
 of files with names like aux and nul and con (among others) as these are r=
eserved device names.

Cygwin 'Managed Mounts' should help.

stephan();



--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -