X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <469F9864.4050807@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:59:16 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names References: <11692093 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-Reply-To: <11692093.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com gmoney3138 wrote: > All-- > > I'm trying to get a clear answer on this one. I have a gzipped tar file > from a customer that was originated on Unix. Inside the tar.gz are a series > of files that look something like this: > > systemlog_071607_09:25.log > systemlog_071607_10:07.log > > etc... > > Basically, as per their log file naming method, they used a colon to > separate hours from minutes--terrible, I know, but it's what I have to work > with. > > When the cygwin tar recognizes this, due to Windows restrictions, the output > file is not properly extracted. I Googled around and found options for > --force-file and http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-01/msg01536.html this > link , but I still can't get this to work properly. > > I am able to get the files extracted if I use WinRAR (it converts : to _ on > extract), but I'd prefer to do this from the shell since I can automate this > more readily. Any ideas how I can do this? > > ~~Thanks much~~ If you only need to access the results with Cygwin tools, you can use managed mounts. See the email archives for more discussion/details. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/