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RE: Does anyone know why tar doesn't like "./" at the start of files?


> > --- Malcolm Boekhoff <Malcolm.Boekhoff@actfs.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Does anyone know why tar doesn't like "./" at the start of files?
> > > I can't get Pine to extract, because the files are prefixed with "./":
> > What happens if you `tar -Pxvzf /d/zip/pine4.21.tar-2.gz'?
> 
> I get the same output:
> 
> Mon Nov 13-17:36:33 / 506$ tar Pxvzf /d/zip/pine4.21.tar-2.gz
> ./pine4.21/
> tar: ./pine4.21: Could not create directory: No such file or directory
 I couldn't find a copy of pine4.21 but pine4.30 has the
 same layout and it works fine for me (tar 1.13) .  What
 version of tar are you using? You do have write permission
 to the current directory don't you?

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