Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 15:58:05 -0400 To: Cygwin List Subject: Re: Tar.exe doing nothing Message-ID: <20000705155805.B1916@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mail-Followup-To: Cygwin List References: <20000704222731.10345.qmail@hotmail.com> <396266A3.F2A18E80@cygnus.com> <20000705001223.49031.qmail@hotmail.com> <20000704212147.C3314@cygnus.com> <003401bfe631$74912b00$3c5350d8@guinness> <00f801bfe656$655ad210$0100000a@TIMYX18EWDT6RQ> <39639274.F2116257@carlthompson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <39639274.F2116257@carlthompson.net>; from cet@carlthompson.net on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:54:28PM -0700 On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:54:28PM -0700, Carl Thompson wrote: >Tim Prince wrote: >>None of the proprietary versions of tar which I've run across accept >>input from a pipe. Stick with gnu tar if possible. > >All of the proprietary versions of tar I've used take input from a pipe >probably for this very reason (and I've used a few). Which ones don't >work? Please. Take this up in private email. I've answered the question. There is no reason to discuss this further. The foibles of other non-cygwin versions of tar are not fodder for this mailing list. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com