Problem while untarring - @Longlink

[enamrataz]

Hello,

i have seen whenever we get Longlink created while untarring a tar file it means few file-names are not complete, since tar ia having limitation over the filename.

how can we avoid this? Using GTAR a a full proof alternative?
and also how can we get the list of all files whose names are changed.

thanks,
namrata

 

[Annihilannic]

Do you get the same error when you list the contents of the tar file using tar t?

What version of tar and on what operating system?

Annihilannic.

 

[enamrataz]

Hello,

OS - faced this on both HP-UX and SUN-OS
tar version - any NON GNU version of tar

and @Longlinks are there in the listing of the files - so this means wherever we have @Longlinks we have a problem.

 

[SamBones]

Just use [tt]gtar[/tt] on the HP-US and Sun-OS systems. I've only had this problem when tarring something on Linus and then untarring on anything else. [tt]gtar[/tt] solves it.