On 08Jul2010 17:39, JD <jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | The files themselves are only a few (2 to 8) megabytes each. | So I do not believe it is the file size. | Perhaps there are some unprintable characters in the file | names or directory names that is preventing tar from creating | such files or directories. Shouldn't be - UNIX forbids only / and '\0' (NUL). | At any rate - thanx to all who replied. | I will leave it on the windows ntfs partition. You could strace the unpack: strace -e trace=file tar xvf yourtarfile 2>strace.out and then examine the open and mkdir calls in the "strace.out" file. It will at least show you _exactly_ what tar is trying to do. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. - Stephen Hawking -- 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
