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Re: Too many symbolic links


That error happens when tar tries to unpack a symlink ontop of another,
preexisting symlink. The easiest way to fix it is to delete from your
filesystem any file/symlink that is part of the new tarball. Then,
untar.

--Chuck


"Reynolds, John" wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running an older version of cygwin. I have to remain in sync with our
> development partner.
> 
> /home > uname -r
> 21.0 (0.9/1/2)
> 
> I get the following message when trying to un-tar the vim-5.5 archive:
> 
> tar: usr/local/man/man1/rview.1: Could not create symlink to `vim.1': Too
> many symbolic links
> 
> Is there a cure for this ailment (other than upgrading)?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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