On 07/08/2010 03:56 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:35:48 -0700 > JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I had downloaded a zip file under windows and unzipped it. >> No problems. >> The file names in the zipped archive are long german names, so >> they are displayed with special chars embedded in the file names >> and directory names, like >> Barrè >> Mächter >> among others. >> >> So I tarred out the whole directory into a tar file. >> Later I moved that tar file to another mounted partition. >> I cd'ed to the mounted partition and tried to untar it: >> tar xpvf my-tar-ball.tar >> >> For every file in the tarball, tar outputs the message >> <.....long.......file........name>: No such file or directory. >> >> Any clues why this is happening? > What filesystem type is the directory you are untarring it on? > > Is it by change a fat/vfat or the like? It may well not be able to > handle utf8 encoded filenames. > > kevin The partition I am untarring into is an ext4 partition. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
