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Re: [Bug-tar] bsdtar crashes with long file paths
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Tim Kientzle |
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Re: [Bug-tar] bsdtar crashes with long file paths |
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Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:26:09 -0800 |
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Maaakri wrote:
I know that the new posix format does not have file
path limitations like the gnu format which bsdtar uses
by default.
Just to clarify, bsdtar writes Posix formats exclusively,
not GNU formats. Neither has file path length limitations,
though.
bsdtar is at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libarchive.htm
That is the gnuwin32 port of bsdtar. The original is at:
http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive/
Cheers,
Tim Kientzle