>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Paul> the existing code uses the -o option, which is [not portable] [...] Speaking about `o', I've just discovered that `missing' contains some magic to strip that flag when tar fails, and retry. It means that Roger's troubles should vanish once tar is changed to report filenames too long for `o' with $? != 0. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
