RE: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names

2007-07-26 Thread Long, Phillip GOSS
gmoney3138 wrote: >All-- > >I'm trying to get a clear answer on this one. I have a gzipped tar file >from a customer that was originated on Unix. Inside the tar.gz are a series >of files that look something like this: > >systemlog_071607_09:25.log >systemlog_071607_10:07.log > >etc... > >Basical

RE: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names

2007-07-19 Thread Bengt-Arne Fjellner
gmoney3138 wrote: > Thanks to all, that just might be what I'm looking for. > > Also, I made a typo in my original message. My mistake :). I meant > to type "force-local" instead of "force-file". According to the tar > help pages: > > --force-local archive file is local even if it ha

Re: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names

2007-07-19 Thread gmoney3138
Thanks to all, that just might be what I'm looking for. Also, I made a typo in my original message. My mistake :). I meant to type "force-local" instead of "force-file". According to the tar help pages: --force-local archive file is local even if it has a colon I couldn't get this t

Re: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names

2007-07-19 Thread Brian Dessent
gmoney3138 wrote: > When the cygwin tar recognizes this, due to Windows restrictions, the output > file is not properly extracted. I Googled around and found options for Use a managed mount or "--transform s,:,_,g". I'm not sure what this --force-file you mention is but it's not a valid tar opt

Re: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names

2007-07-19 Thread Lewis Hyatt
When the cygwin tar recognizes this, due to Windows restrictions, the output file is not properly extracted. I Googled around and found options for --force-file and http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2001-01/msg01536.html this link , but I still can't get this to work properly. I am able to get the f

Re: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names

2007-07-19 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
gmoney3138 wrote: All-- I'm trying to get a clear answer on this one. I have a gzipped tar file from a customer that was originated on Unix. Inside the tar.gz are a series of files that look something like this: systemlog_071607_09:25.log systemlog_071607_10:07.log etc... Basically, as per