Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <3963A550.E9503E29@carlthompson.net> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:14:56 -0700 From: Carl Thompson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Tar.exe doing nothing References: <20000704222731 DOT 10345 DOT qmail AT hotmail DOT com> <396266A3 DOT F2A18E80 AT cygnus DOT com> <20000705001223 DOT 49031 DOT qmail AT hotmail DOT com> <20000704212147 DOT C3314 AT cygnus DOT com> <003401bfe631$74912b00$3c5350d8 AT guinness> <00f801bfe656$655ad210$0100000a AT TIMYX18EWDT6RQ> <39639274 DOT F2116257 AT carlthompson DOT net> <20000705155805 DOT B1916 AT cygnus DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Chris Faylor wrote: > > >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. So it's not OK to post messages about cross-platform issues of Unix utilities included in Cygwin, but it's OK to post this: Chris Faylor wrote: > ... > Or, maybe even, (scientific) "Lower the temperature of your epidermis > by eliminating all ambient heat sources." > > Or, (semi-hostile) "Stick some ice cubes down your pants." > > Or, (practical) "Remove all of your clothing and stand in front of an air conditioner." > > Or, (geographical) "Go swimming in the Maine seashore." > > Or, (connotative) "Go take a cold shower." > > Or, (dangerous) "Climb inside your refrigerator and shut the door." > > Or, (impractical) "Go lick a glacier." > > Or, (computer geeky) "Go strap a Peltier cooler to your head." > > Or, (geeky) "Go bite the head off a frozen chicken." > > Or, (haiku) "The wind hits the tree/Snow falls, it brushes your > neck/Shivver now with cold." > ... > cgf Carl Thompson -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com