Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 09:27:35 -0700 (PDT)
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: tar.gz file that wedges djtar
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I wrote:
>I have a tar.gz file that wedges djtar. I know it's a perfectly valid file,
GNU tar >on my linux box has no trouble. When I try to untar it under DOS
though, the first >file gets extracted, it prints the name of the second,
then hangs and needs to be >Ctrl-Break'ed.

Never mind! The problem turned out to be a file called com1.c which tried to
go to my (disconnected) first serial port. I didn't realize devices with
extensions still referred to the devices. Problem solved (or at least
explained).

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net