Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!guest From: guest@cgl.ucsf.edu (thos) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Tar misfeature (Was: FTP Binary in Bitnet not correct?) Summary: Addressing problem and a vote Message-ID: <17200@cgl.ucsf.EDU> Date: 25 Jan 91 01:10:44 GMT References: <42075@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <103@ledgepc.uucp> Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab Lines: 27 In article , 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)