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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 19:20:09 -0600 (CST)
From: Mumit Khan <khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: tar ball with illegal file names
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, DJ Delorie wrote:

> djtar has a lot of interesting features that are really only useful
> for djtar.  However, it does know how to read tar, tar.gz, and zip
> files, and deal with all the dos 8.3-isms.

Ah, another name for pax ;-) This sounds like a very useful tool, and
Cygwin could use such a versatile tool, except that we don't have to
worry about the dos 8.3-ism part. One of these days when I'm bored ...

Regards,
Mumit



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