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From: darieb@sandia-2.arpa
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: TAR and long filenames
Message-ID: <14502@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 23 May 88 16:25:19 GMT
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A user has received a TAR tape which contains files with names longer than
legal on his *nix.  Each time his TAR tries to create such a file, it blows
away.

? Any way to convince TAR to re-create a file with a different filename?
? Other ideas?

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