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From: sasjds@mozart.unx.sas.com (John Sims)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: tar command
Message-ID: <1990Jun06.004934.10596@unx.sas.com>
Date: 6 Jun 90 00:49:34 GMT
Sender: sasjds@unx.sas.com (John Sims)
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tar hackers:

I have discovered a limitation using the tar command on the 
DECStations 2100 running version 3.1 of Ultrix. 

tar issues the following error when I tar a sub-directory when my 
current working directory is ~100 characters long:

  tar: File name too long: <very/long/directory/...>      

<very/long/directory/...> is my current working directory

The tar command I am issueing is

  tar cvf tar.out tar.in

tar.in is a directory w/ only two levels of sub-directories 
(ie. much less than the 100 character limitation)

I have tested this on the Sun Sparcstation running 4.1 of Sun-OS   
with no problems.

Is there a way around this limitation?

Thanks in advance!

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