Re: Bittorrent Mirror - apple.cabi.net

[scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <cfednTc5iLpji3XZnZ2dnUVZ_uydnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>Scott Alfter wrote:
>> In article <fuWdnZytA9eq_XrZnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>There appears to be a problem with the 'apple.cabi.net.tar.gz' archive
>>>(or with WinZip, which I'm using to view the contents).
>>>
>>>The total path length is exceeding some limit, causing filenames to be
>>>truncated and making them non-unique.
>>>
>>>For example, in the archived directory:
>>>
>>>apple.cabi.net\Languages.Programming\DRIVER.SRC\Stylewriter_Driver_SRC.CODE\stylewriter\scripts
>>>
>>>there are two files named 'dir' and three named 'sty', clearly the 
>>>result of truncation.
>> 
>> Works for me...the archive unpacked OK on one of my Linux boxes.
>> 
>> I suspect the problem is with WinZip, as the directory structure doesn't
>> look like something that should cause a problem with Windows.  WinZip's
>> tarball handling has (IMO) always left something to be desired.
>> 
>> I'd recommend using GNU tar, which is available for Windows as a part of
>> Cygwin:
>> 
>> http://www.cygwin.com/
>> 
>> It's part of the base Cygwin install, so you shouldn't need to select extra
>> packages to get it working.
>
>Interesting...  I just ran it through PowerArchiver 6.1 and got the same
>result--filenames truncated to 3 letters.

I just tried it with GNU tar on Cygwin (now that the files are accessible to
a Windows box), and it unpacked them properly.  Again, I'd recommend going
that route:

tar xzf apple.cabi.net.tar.gz

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