On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:53:24PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote: | "BeefStu BeefStu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > I am using GNU tar version 1.05 - AK/SSB on a Windows_NT... | > $ gtar -czvf backup.gtz *.avt | > : MSDOS can't use compressed or remote archives | > | > Is this a bug in gtar? | | It doesn't look like it. The error message is telling you that MSDOS | can't use compressed or remote archives. Windows NT is similar to | MSDOS in this respect, I would think.
It just sounds like that tar port wasn't very complete ... | You might try running GNU tar on a Linux kernel; it's a far friendlier | platform. Another option would be cygwin, which would make this work and let you keep running Windows. -- Doug McLaren, [EMAIL PROTECTED] He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something. _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
