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>   
>   // @LongLink addition
>   static char *long_name = NULL;
>   int use_long_name = false;
>   long long_link_size = 0;
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>   
>   //  \todo and an option to use @LongLink
>   if ( strcmp(tar_hdr->name, "././@LongLink") == 0 /* && @LongLink option == true */)
>   {
>     // get length of data
>     long_link_size = FROM_OCTAL (tar_hdr->size);
>     // free the old memory and grab some fresh stuff
>     if (long_name != NULL) free (long_name);
>     long_name = (char *) xmalloc (long_link_size);
>     // read the file name from the data section of the archive
>     tape_buffered_read ((char*)long_name, in_des, long_link_size);
>     // since we now have the file name read out the remaining bytes to get an even 512 ( i used tar_rec to hold the data as I am not sure if i can send the output to /dev/null, and it gets overwriten int he next step anyway)
>     tape_buffered_read((char*) &tar_rec, in_des, 512 - long_link_size % 512);
>     // tell the if function down below to use the long name instead of the normal name given by the header
>     use_long_name = true;
>     // load header to real file
>     tape_buffered_read((char*) &tar_rec, in_des, TARRECORDSIZE);
>   }
> 
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>       else if ( use_long_name == true )
>         file_hdr->c_name = &long_name;