RE: Support for UNC paths in gnu tar

[Bowie, Lee]

Thanks man!

I give it a try.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: June 6, 2002 10:55 AM
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Subject: Re: Support for UNC paths in gnu tar


> From: "Bowie, Lee" <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:51:12 -0400 
> 
> If I try
> tar ztf //host/dir/file.tar.gz
> or
> tar ztf \\host\dir\ile.tar.gz
> it doesn't.
> 
> I'm using the this tar ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.12.msdos.exe
> If this is not the "official" release what is?

Try the port from here:

  http://www.simtel.net/pub/djgpp/v2gnu/

>From that page, follow the link to tar112ab.zip.

I didn't try to use that port with UNCs, so I don't really know if it
will work.

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