On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:37:56 -0800, Schwarz, Barry A wrote:
>That is exactly what I did. Unfortunately, when the path includes multiple
>directories with more than dozens of characters per directory name, it doesn't
>take long to exceed 100 characters.
>
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>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of
>Paul Gilmartin
>Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 8:32 AM
>
>(But it might help to "cd" into the hierarchy and build the ".tar"
>from there. If that's how tar works on Windows. If anything works
>on Windows.)
>
You can make a tarball on Windows? With what utility? (Not
that that would be meaningful to me.) When you list the directory
of that tarball, are the pathnames truncated or intact? If intact,
the problem is on the z/OS side (or a compatibility problem).
NFS? Would your admins be delighted? Question applies alike
whether or not you're the admins.
Hmmm. You could install VirtualBox for free on the PC:
http://www.virtualbox.org/
(Disclosure: it's my employer's product)
... and install Ubuntu Linux under VirtualBox, and mount your tree
and/or tarball as a folder shared between Windows and Ubuntu and
play with that.
Or you could buy a Mac Mini for $599; works OOTB; and play with that.
You've already spent human resource more valuable than the Mac Mini,
and any of the wild-assed suggestions from me or from others would
multiply that by a factor of several. The Mac Mini is a wise gamble
even if it's likely to fail and go in the dumpster. But bean
counters never see it that way.
But SAS did say, "Happy New Year!" Their heart is in the right place.
-- gil
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