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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:40:25 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
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In-reply-to: <20010129193516.A5500@redhat.com> (message from Christopher
	Faylor on Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:35:16 -0500)
Subject: Re: tar ball with illegal file names
References: <20010129183548.A4257@redhat.com> <Pine.HPP.3.96.1010129174052.28810G-100000@hp2.xraylith.wisc.edu> <20010129193516.A5500@redhat.com>


> >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.

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