guest@cgl.ucsf.edu (thos) (01/25/91)
In article <klamer.664618510@mi.eltn.utwente.nl>, klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte -- Universiteit Twente) writes: > > Description of minix-tar failing to extract files when the parent directories > do not exist. > > >The result will be tar: Header checksum error. > I admit, this is not the nicest error i can think of. > > The behaviour as minix tar has is as i interpreted POSIX 1003.1. > When the minix community (that's you!) wants the unix behaviour > (i.e. making parent directories of files to be extracted when not existing) > i will fix this. > > Please mail votes to klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl Mail to this address bounced because utwente.nl said the subdomain mi.eltn did not exist. I have tried working with tar versions which did not do directory creation on old versions of Unix. They are a pain; I consider such a misfeature unacceptable. In any case, a correct diagnostic should be given when there is a failure. Thos Sumner (thos@cca.ucsf.edu)