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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:27:12 GMT
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com <one2001boy AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> 
>>running the following command:
> 
> 
>>c:\> tar cvf ctree.tar /test/toolkit/sbin/test.exe 
>>/test/toolkit/lib/test/test.ccc
>>/test/toolkit/demos/test/chapters/startup/test.cc
> 
> 
> That command line is so long that your newsclient split it into three
> lines of text.  Guess what: that's a sign of trouble on the actual
> command line, too.  Don't use command lines significantly longer than
> your screen is wide, or you'll run into all kinds of interesting
> problems.

I don't think it is related to the command line.

Even if I convert the above command into test.bat file and run it,
I still get the same error.

> 
> 
>>will get the error message:
>>The system cannot execute the specified program.
> 
> 
> Is that the actual message?  Or your own, possibly abridged
> translation of it?
> 

The actual message with no subtraction.

> Anyway: it's probably a bad idea to tar these files with their complete,
> absolute paths.  Try

Maybe it is a bad idea. But it just indicates that tar.exe has
the problem.

> 
> cd \test\toolkit
> tar cvf /some/where/ctree.tar sbin/text.exe lib/test/test.ccc 
>   demos/test/chapters/startup/test.cc
> 
> [the last as one long line]
> 
> And is that second file actually named with *three* c's in its
> extension?

just a sample extension.

> 
> Or learn how to use a response file ('info kb hid features', or check
> out the FAQ).
>