On Monday 29 September 2008, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * Cosimo Streppone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-29 02:10]: > > but it seems that gnu tar doesn't like the following: > > > > $ tar --mode=0755 cvf blah.tar somedir > > $ tar c --mode=0755 vf blah.tar somedir > > > > and will only accept: > > > > $ tar cvf blah.tar --mode=0755 somedir > > > > Could this work? > > GNU tar will, however, accept this: > > tar cv --mode=0755 -f foo.tar bar/ > > BSD tar will also accept this placement of the `-f` flag, > according to the man page. Other tars may not, though I don’t > think that is very likely. > > However, the `--mode` switch is a GNU curiosity. No other tar > that I checked does have it. > > Honestly, though, if you are using tar on Windows, I don’t know > why you would want any other default. Patching EU::MM is the > pragmatic approach, and we probably can’t avoid it, but I think > it is the wrong place to fix this, still. >
Wouldn't setting TAR_OPTIONS on Windows be a better solution? http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_tool_guides/tar_user_guide/using-tar-options.html Regards, Shlomi Fish ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ "The Human Hacking Field Guide" - http://xrl.us/bjn8q Shlomi, so what are you working on? Working on a new wiki about unit testing fortunes in freecell? -- Ran Eilam
