Re: pax error: File name too long for ustar
[email protected] (Christos Zoulas)
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In article <[email protected]>, Brook Milligan <[email protected]> wrote: >I am trying to make a tar archive with pax. The command I am using is >the following > > /bin/pax -w -v -x ustar -z -s "|^\\.|./probability|" .) > archive.tar.gz > >I get the following error message: > > >./probability/structstd_1_1numeric__limits_3_01boost_1_1probabilities_1_1likelihood_3_01boost_1_1probabilities_1_1linear__domain_00_01Value_01_4_01_4.html > pax: File name too long for ustar >./probability/structstd_1_1numeric__limits_3_01boost_1_1probabilities_1_1likelihood_3_01boost_1_1probabilities_1_1linear__domain_00_01Value_01_4_01_4.html > >The pax man page has the following to say about the ustar format: > > ustar The extended tar interchange format specified in the IEEE > Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') standard. The default blocksize > for this format is 10240 bytes. Pathnames stored by this > format must be 250 characters or less in length. > >The above file name is not greater than 250 characters by my count. > >Can anyone identify the problem here? Thanks for your help. Yes, this is a bug. Please file a PR. christos