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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
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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

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