Paul Smedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi All,
>I just compiled tar on OS/2 using Innotek GCC.
>
>It builds fine and works fine, except that it chokes on archives with drive
>letters.
>
>eg:
>[M:\]tar -xvf e:\file.tar
>tar: e\:\\file.tar: Cannot open: I/O error
>tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Try to use the '--force-local' tar option:
`--force-local'
Archive file is local even if it contains a colon.
[M:\]tar -xvf e:\file.tar --force-local
Does the error still persist?
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