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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:16:22 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem w/ cygwin tar.exe: Unable to tar directories beginnin g w/ the letter 'R' in NT 4.0
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In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20010206152658.019d2d70@pop.ma.ultranet.com>; from lhall@rfk.com on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 03:34:37PM -0500

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 03:34:37PM -0500, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>>The easiest way to check is to write a simple c program which displays its
>>arguments.  This will bypass any echo trickery.
>
>Right.  Looks like its not globbing trickery.  A small program prints
>out the arguments exactly as they're typed.  However, the same trickery
>that echo uses appears to be what's affecting tar.  So far I've noticed
>"bad" behavior in both with \t, \r, and \n.  In echo, this is a
>"feature" I'm sure but in tar, I'd say its a bug.  I'm back to thinking
>the issue is with tar...

Yep.  I agree.

cgf

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