Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/03/16/06:37:25
On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Martin Stromberg wrote:
> Please note that djtar can still be made to loop endlessly, but without
> overwriting the stack, on the right input in plain DOS.
>
> Say you have a tar file containing the directories "1/aaaaaaaa"
> (eight As) and "1/aaaaaaaaa" (nine As). djtar creates the first
> directory, but fails on the second (as it is the same name in plain
> DOS). The user is asked for a new name, he answers "aaaaaaaa" (eight
> As), which will fail. Then he answers "aaaaaaaaa" (nine As).
I think that the patch I sent to you solves this as well. Please check.
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