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Re: Too many symbolic links
- To: "Reynolds, John" <John dot Reynolds at sciatl dot com>
- Subject: Re: Too many symbolic links
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:42:07 -0400
- CC: "'cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com'" <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <EB6F76479113D31183530008C7911CE4035ACBF0@mxatl10.sciatl.com>
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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