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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:23:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Does anyone know why tar doesn't like "./" at the start of files?
To: Malcolm Boekhoff <Malcolm DOT Boekhoff AT actfs DOT co DOT uk>,
        Cygwin News Group <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
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--- Malcolm Boekhoff <Malcolm DOT Boekhoff AT actfs DOT co DOT uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know why tar doesn't like "./" at the start of files?
> 
> I can't get Pine to extract, because the files are prefixed with "./":
> 
> I can list the files:
> 
> Mon Nov 13-13:31:22 / 501$ tar tvzf /d/zip/pine4.21.tar-2.gz |head
> drwxr-xr-x mikes/staff       0 1999-11-17 18:17 ./pine4.21/
> -rw-r--r-- mikes/staff    2866 1999-01-06 16:30 ./pine4.21/CPYRIGHT
> -rw-r--r-- mikes/staff    1390 1998-09-22 22:20 ./pine4.21/README
> drwxr-xr-x mikes/staff       0 1999-02-05 17:38 ./pine4.21/bin/
> -rwxr-xr-x mikes/staff   11690 1999-11-15 22:16 ./pine4.21/build
> -rwxr-xr-x mikes/staff    6039 1996-03-15 18:02 ./pine4.21/build.cmd
> drwxr-xr-x mikes/staff       0 1999-02-05 17:38 ./pine4.21/contrib/
> drwxr-xr-x mikes/staff       0 1999-11-17 17:46 ./pine4.21/contrib/ports/
> drwxr-xr-x mikes/staff       0 1999-02-05 17:38 ./pine4.21/contrib/ports/vms/
> -rw-r--r-- mikes/staff    3756 1994-08-09 18:01
> ./pine4.21/contrib/ports/vms/readme.vms
> 
> I just can't extract them:
> 
> Mon Nov 13-13:31:13 / 500$ tar xvzf /d/zip/pine4.21.tar-2.gz
> ./pine4.21/
> tar: ./pine4.21: Could not create directory: No such file or directory
> ./pine4.21/CPYRIGHT
> ...

What happens if you `tar -Pxvzf /d/zip/pine4.21.tar-2.gz'?

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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