From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
To: "'The Vulgar and Unprofessional and Orange-Coloured Cygwin-Talk
Maiming List'" <cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: GNU tar somewhat cleverer than I thought
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:56:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01ee01c91134$709e3d80$9601a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0809071630080.21372@access1.cims.nyu.edu>
Igor Peshansky wrote on 07 September 2008 21:32:
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Dave Korn wrote:
>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.html#SEC112
>> Contrast this with the command,
>>
>> $ tar -c -f jams.tar grape prune -C food red/cherry
>>
>> which records the third file in the archive under the name 'red/cherry'
>> so that, if the archive is extracted using 'tar --extract', the third
>> file will be written in a subdirectory named 'orange-colored'. "
>>
>> :) That's some fairly powerful AI they must have there.
>
> Well, it *is* GNU software...
I tested it and it didn't work though, so I should probably file a bug
report.
> In other words, they are just checking if you're paying attention.
That's one possibility, but I couldn't help wondering if it was maybe some
kind of a clbuttic mistake.
cheers,
DaveK
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Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
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2008-09-07 14:14 Dave Korn
2008-09-07 20:33 ` Igor Peshansky
2008-09-07 21:56 ` Dave Korn [this message]
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