On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, steve rader wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, steve rader wrote: > > > >Also, here's one more reason to avoid tar: it has a 100 char > > > >max file name length restriction. I suspect cpio and certainly > > > >dd don't have that problem. > > > Net Llama! wrote: > > > Huh? Where is this documented? I'm pretty sure i've never run into this > > > before. > > > From: Jim Bonnet > > hm.. well, I think this is a SUN thing, and an old-school tar problem as > > well..Have a quick google check its there. > > ..and also more recently/now that busybox tar thingie... > > "tar: Names longer than 100 chars not supported"
So? Every fullsize linux distro that i've ever used , comes with Gnu tar, not busybox tar. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
