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From: hoyt@laura.alf.dec.com (Kurt Hoyt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: tar command
Message-ID: <1990Jun6.174030.9756@decatl.dec.com>
Date: 6 Jun 90 17:40:30 GMT
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In article <1990Jun06.004934.10596@unx.sas.com>, sasjds@mozart.unx.sas.com (John Sims) writes:

> 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
>
> Is there a way around this limitation?

Yes. There is a patch at the CSC in Atlanta. It should also be fixed in 4.0,
so if you aren't running into this problem today, please wait for 4.0.

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