I've created a tar archive on RedHat Linux using GNU tar 1.14 with the
following command:
tar cf $out --format=posix .
I have also tried the default format (gnu).
When I try to untar the archive on Windows with GNU tar 1.20, I get an
error:
$ tar xf ../jboss-app-windows.tar
tar:
./jboss-4.2.2.GA-jboss-messaging-1.4.0.SP1-jdk1.5/server/messaging/deplo
y/httpha-invoker.sar/invoker.war/WEB-INF/classes/org/jboss/invocation/ht
tp/servlet/InvokerServlet$
GetCredentialAction.class: Cannot open: File name too
long
If I create the file by other means, other Cygwin commands are able to
access the file; the problem is specific to GNU tar. My understanding
is that the posix format supports filenames of unlimited length. Is
this a bug in tar?
Tim
