Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:43:10 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: tar ball with illegal file names Message-ID: <20010129194310.C5500@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20010129183548.A4257@redhat.com> <20010129193516.A5500@redhat.com> <200101300040.TAA13633@envy.delorie.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <200101300040.TAA13633@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:40:25PM -0500 On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:40:25PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: >> >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. Ah. It doesn't sound like this would be useful for a GNU tar port, then. Too bad. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple