Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:51:36 -0500 From: Devin Smith <devin-freebsdquestions@rintrah.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Neigaard?= <neigaard@e-box.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Difference between Linux and Unix tar? Message-ID: <20011126125136.B20373@tharmas.rintrah.org> In-Reply-To: <1006796532.2917.1.camel@lapdancer.dk>; from neigaard@e-box.dk on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 06:42:11PM %2B0100 References: <1006796532.2917.1.camel@lapdancer.dk>
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 06:42:11PM +0100, Søren Neigaard wrote: > Sometimes when I pack a tar from a Linux box and unpack it on a Unix > (Compaq Tru64) box I get this eror: tar: ././@LongLink : Unknown > filetype > > What is this? try unpacking with gnutar. I have a vague memory that this is caused by differences in the handling of long file names between gnu tar and posix tar (or something like that). --devin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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