On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 03:35:22PM -0400, Eric Johanson wrote: >tar 1.15.91 does not support the use of mixed-mode paths via the "f" >command-line option. for example, if you run the command: > tar tvf c:/temp/myfile.tar > >then you get the following error message from tar: > d: Unknown Host > tar: c\:/temp/myfile.tar: Cannot open: Input/Output error > ar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > >tar is one of the few commands with a problem like this. it would be >really nice to see it fixed. based on the error message "d: Unknown >Host", it sounds like tar is trying to interpret the colon as a >node-name seperator, similar to the way that "rcp" does. is that a >feature of tar? i didn't see anything like that in the documentation >for tar but i could have missed it.
The above is not a bug and, if it was, this is not a bug-reporting mailing list. I've unsubscribed you from this list. If you want to discuss this issue, please use the main cygwin list. cgf
