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RE: Unix tar file with colons in archived file names
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 has a colon
>
That only means the tar-file-name
so if the archive is named hi:ho.tar you have to use it ( for platforms
where : is allowed in a filename).
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