From: cowan AT pswtech DOT com (Chris Cowan) Subject: Handling ... 4 Apr 1997 00:41:45 -0800 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199704040216.UAA31324.cygnus.gnu-win32@mushroom.pswtech.com> Reply-To: cowan AT pswtech DOT com Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I have gnutar image that I made in an OSF DFS environment. Unfortunately, I made the image with absolute paths, so all of the items start with the /... prefix. I can't untar it because I can't create a directory named /... or ... I have tried to make folders in NT explorer, the DOS console and under bash. I've also tried to map /... and ... using the mount command. None of these work. Presently, I stymied. Does anyone have a suggestion around this problem? Is there a util for editing/renaming the filepaths in a tar image. (This thing is big and on removable media a Jaz drive, so I don't have a lot of leeway to make temp copies or move it back and forth between Unix and DOS systems). -- Chris Cowan PSW Technologies, Inc. cowan AT pswtech DOT com Distributed Computing Systems (512) 342-3635 6300 Bridgepoint Pkwy, Bldg 3, Suite 200 (512) 345-4976 (fax) Austin, TX 78730 - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".