Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:56:48 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Can DJTAR *not* tell me about existing directories?
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On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Peter J. Farley III wrote:

> I looked up the DJTAR docs, and there is apparently no way to tell it
> *not* to tell me about "existing directories" and offer me a chance to
> rename them.

Right, there's no such option.  DJTAR makes a point of making you
alert to any such cases, because they can happen due to clash of file
names after truncation to 8+3 limits, or when the 8+3 alias created by
Windows clashes with an existing file (a known Windows 95 bug), or if
the silent renaming of some special file names causes a clash with an
existing file.

> When unloading a lot of DJGPP archives at once, this can get to be
> more than a little annoying, requiring an Enter keypress for every
> one.

I think the extra safety you get is well worth this annoyance.