Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekgen!sail!keithe From: keithe@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent Subject: Re: Trouble with untarring (was: Re: cnews/wnews/rn) Message-ID: <9819@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 28 Jun 91 02:12:55 GMT References: <1991Jun23.020348.20525@skypod.guild.org> <1991Jun24.235132.22278@netcom.COM> <1991Jun25.220805.118@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: keithe@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 15 In article <1991Jun25.220805.118@crash.cts.com> nkraft@crash.cts.com (Norman Kraft) writes: > >I eventually got so tired of this that I linked tar to ustar and tossed >the original. > >At least all this is true with my 3.1 system. > >BTW, where the heck is the 3.2 upgrade. For this problem the 3.2 upgrade won't help you: I've got 3.2 and it screws up tar'red files as described in other postings to this group. (I'm relieved to find out it wasn't just _my_ problem - misery loves company :-)) (help *) KEITHE()