Re: BUG

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Andreas Bayer" <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:52:51 +0100
> 
> Ok so far the system we are using, now comming to the bug:
> Trying to archive a directory starting with a letter "B" or "b"
> and located on "C:\", the program refuses to work.
> It seems the there is a parsing problem within the file specification.
> Here is a sample usage log:
> 
> > C:\>tar -cf test.tar c:\backup
> > tar: Cannot add file cackup: No such file or directory
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

This means that the specific port of Tar you are using has a bug in
the ported code which is supposed to handle DOS-style file names with
drive letters.  Since the official distribution of GNU Tar does not
yet include support for MS-Windows, you should send your report to the
person(s) who made the particular port you are using.

Alternatively, you could look for a different port which does not have
this bug.

As a work-around, try using forward slashes, like this:

   tar -cf test.tar c:/backup