On Dec 21 08:28, fergus wrote: > I'm trying to append several new files to an existing zipped .tar.gz and > maintain the zipped format. I find that > tar -vrzf exist.tar.gz *.new > leads to an > Aborted (core dumped) > message. More than likely my syntax is faulty, but maybe not. (Creating a > .tar.gz from scratch using "tar -vczf .." works fine. Appending new files to > an existing .tar using "tar -vrf exist.tar *.new" works fine.) This happens > with 1.5.18 and 1.5.19s 20051220. Please can anybody put me right or confirm > the core dump? Thank you. > Fergus
Confirmed. Looks like tar is calling abort() at one point, without printing any error message beforehand. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
