Hello list, Just one more bit of information. The maintainer of GNU tar got back to me (rather quickly, I might add). He confirms this is a known bug in GNU tar, and that currently, no effort has been made to fix it. :-(
I am going to give a go at it, but this sort of lower-level C code really is not my forte. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************