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 From: "Lothan" To: Subject: RE: Problem w/ cygwin tar.exe: Unable to tar directories beginnin g w/ the letter 'R' in NT 4.0 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 21:29:38 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In-Reply-To: <20010207105810.A17065@redhat.com> > From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 7:58 AM > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: Problem w/ cygwin tar.exe: Unable to tar directories > beginnin g w/ the letter 'R' in NT 4.0 > > > On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:18:29PM -0800, Lothan wrote: > >> From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com > >> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com]On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:16 PM > >> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > >> Subject: Re: Problem w/ cygwin tar.exe: Unable to tar directories > >> beginnin g w/ the letter 'R' in NT 4.0 > >> > >> > >> 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. > > > >Now I'm really curious why I'm not seeing this odd behavior on my system. > >The only changes I've made to the stock release of cygwin is > that I dumped > >sh-utils 1.16 in favor of sh-utils 2.0. > > Um. Doesn't echo come from sh-utils? Yes, but what's that got to do with tar mangling filenames containing \t? -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple