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 sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010206124543.01875cc0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 12:46:12 -0500 To: "VanRossem, James" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Problem w/ cygwin tar.exe: Unable to tar directories beginning w/ the letter 'R' in NT 4.0 In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20010206123513.01998180@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:39 PM 2/6/2001, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: >At 12:34 PM 2/6/2001, VanRossem, James wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Basically when i run > > > >tar -cvfz file.tgz c:david\adv\roy > >I get an error > >oy: No such file or directory > > > >Any ideas? or work arounds? (besides changing the directory name) > >Thanks all. > >I appreciate your time and help. > >Yes, you need to be careful and check documentation. First, I suspect that >you're invoking this from sh/bash. If so, '\' is an escape character so you >need to quote it or double it to get it interpreted correctly. Also, tar >interprets "c" as a host, since it precedes ":" (see ter --help). You can >use /cygdrive/c/david/adv/roy instead to avoid this issue. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ these issues >Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com >118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple