In article <aiep6yntm20bw...@trav.math.uni-bonn.de>, Edgar Fuß <e...@math.uni-bonn.de> wrote: >I tried to copy a tree with pax -wr -pe that included a 256-byte filename. >I got an error > pax: cannot create <destination dir>/./<dirs>/<long filename>.mInz1u >(File name too long) >Why does pax try to create the destination with a random-looking suffix?
So that it can atomically overwrite the destination using rename(2). While it is convenient to just tack a suffix to get a unique name, it should be careful not to exceed the filesystem limits. File a PR. christos
