lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (09/07/90)
In <119468@linus.mitre.org>, jsims@mwunix.mitre.org (James Sims) writes: >I downloaded a HUGE tar file recently and can't seem to decode it - I tried >portar from FF~2, TarSplit from FF~150, and tar from ff??, but none seem to >work (either GURU or fail "can't handle links"). The tar file decodes fine >on the SUN at work. Anyone have a working version of TAR for the Amiga? If there are links involved, you are probably out of luck. Links aren't in Amigados until 2.0, and even then, they may only be hard links. Certainly, and tar program will not assume it can use links. My best suggestion would be to extract the tar on your Sun, and re-tar it after making any links into dummy files or empty dirs, as the case may be, then to transfer it back to your Amiga. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
jsims@mwunix.mitre.org (James Sims) (09/08/90)
I downloaded a HUGE tar file recently and can't seem to decode it - I tried portar from FF~2, TarSplit from FF~150, and tar from ff??, but none seem to work (either GURU or fail "can't handle links"). The tar file decodes fine on the SUN at work. Anyone have a working version of TAR for the Amiga? Thanks in advance! jim sims@starbase.mitre.org sims@aitc.mitre.org
garry@inside.UUCP (Garry Glendown) (09/11/90)
In <119468%linus.mitre.org>, jsims%mwunix.mitre.org (James Sims) writes: >I downloaded a HUGE tar file recently and can't seem to decode it - I tried >portar from FF~2, TarSplit from FF~150, and tar from ff??, but none seem to >work (either GURU or fail "can't handle links"). The tar file decodes fine >on the SUN at work. Anyone have a working version of TAR for the Amiga? I had some trouble lately with TAR... the file I created on our Apollo WS' wouldn't unpack as new directories weren't listed in the archive, but only used... TAR created multiple directories of the same name (I don't know how that worked... must have been a bug in 2.0 and 1.3), and tarsplit wouldn't create the dirs, so it couldn't create the files. If you send me a short tar-file (consists of 2 links or so...), I'll try to addapt my modificated source to your problem... (If you do send it, please do to: garry@DGIHRZ01.BITNET) -- Garry Glendown Adonis (+49)6042-4081 ..!cbmger!inside!garry