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Re: aux as filename
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According to Eric Blake on 6/25/2007 6:14 AM:
> In short, if you want to expand a tarball that contains a file such as
> aux.c, or that has both foo and FOO, or any other problematic combination,
> the easiest solution is to:
>
> mkdir managed
> mount -o managed "`cygpath -am managed" managed
well, fix the typo first...
mount -o managed "`cygpath -am managed`" managed
> cd managed
> tar xvf problematic.tar
>
>> How do we solve this? Due to this exception, I must copy everything
>> manually for the moment. Time consuming, error prone, prehistorically,
>> and not the UNIX blast I'm used to.
>
> Or better yet, don't create such problematic names in the first place when
> creating your DVD. And why aren't managed mounts the default? Because
> they slow down processing (which is already slow, since cygwin is an
> emulation layer), and they reduce the already short maximum file name
> limitations imposed by Windows.
>
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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