chn@lanl.gov (Charles Neil) (10/13/90)
Has anyone else run into this problem? My configuration is A/UX 2.0 on a IIfx. If I have a directory which contains, among all of its subdirectories, a total of more than 27 symbolic links, then tar will dump core when it encounters the 28th link during the course of archiving the directory. Needless to say, this is an inconvenience, since, to cite a mundane example, if you have a Useful Commands and a System Folder, you're apt to have more than 27 symbolic links. -- -Charlie Neil (chn@lanl.gov) Los Alamos National Laboratory (505) 665-0978
pak@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Peter A. Krauss) (10/16/90)
chn@lanl.gov (Charles Neil) writes: >Has anyone else run into this problem? My configuration >is A/UX 2.0 on a IIfx. If I have a directory which contains, >among all of its subdirectories, a total of more than 27 >symbolic links, then tar will dump core when it encounters the >28th link during the course of archiving the directory. Same problem with A/UX 2.0 on a IIx machine... -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Peter A. Krauss (pak@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de) | +------------------------------------------------------------+
sukes@eng.umd.edu (Tasuki Hirata) (10/18/90)
In article <pak.656085892@request>, pak@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Peter A. Krauss) writes: > chn@lanl.gov (Charles Neil) writes: > > >Has anyone else run into this problem? My configuration > >is A/UX 2.0 on a IIfx. If I have a directory which contains, > >among all of its subdirectories, a total of more than 27 > >symbolic links, then tar will dump core when it encounters the > >28th link during the course of archiving the directory. > > Same problem with A/UX 2.0 on a IIx machine... > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Peter A. Krauss (pak@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de) | > +------------------------------------------------------------+ A simple fix is to grab gnu-tar and compile it. It even has rmt support... -- / Tasuki Hirata (sukes@eng.umd.edu) | Intel 80486: / / UUCP: uunet!eng.umd.edu!sukes | Power Tool for the Power Fool /