Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:40:25 -0500
Message-Id: <200101300040.TAA13633@envy.delorie.com>
X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj AT envy DOT delorie DOT com using -f
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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 DOT A4257 AT redhat DOT com> <Pine DOT HPP DOT 3 DOT 96 DOT 1010129174052 DOT 28810G-100000 AT hp2 DOT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu> <20010129193516 DOT A5500 AT redhat DOT 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.

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple