Re: Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-07 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin
On 05/10/2020 18:29, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2020-10-05 09:23, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin wrote: >> On 04/10/2020 11:28, Andrey Repin via Cygwin wrote: >>> Greetings, vinay Hegde! >>> >>> Please no top-posting in this list. >>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:13 PM Eliot Moss wrote: > On

Re: Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-05 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2020-10-05 09:23, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin wrote: > On 04/10/2020 11:28, Andrey Repin via Cygwin wrote: >> Greetings, vinay Hegde! >> >> Please no top-posting in this list. >> >>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:13 PM Eliot Moss wrote: On 10/2/2020 11:26 AM, vinay Hegde via Cygwin wrote:

Re: Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-05 Thread Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via Cygwin
On 04/10/2020 11:28, Andrey Repin via Cygwin wrote: > Greetings, vinay Hegde! > > Please no top-posting in this list. > >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:13 PM Eliot Moss wrote: >>> On 10/2/2020 11:26 AM, vinay Hegde via Cygwin wrote: Hi Cygwin Team, In Cygwin 3.6, I am facing an issue while us

Re: Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-04 Thread Andrey Repin via Cygwin
Greetings, vinay Hegde! Please no top-posting in this list. > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 9:13 PM Eliot Moss wrote: >> >> On 10/2/2020 11:26 AM, vinay Hegde via Cygwin wrote: >> > Hi Cygwin Team, >> > In Cygwin 3.6, I am facing an issue while using tar.exe for extracting >> > .tar.z file. >> > >> > Is

Re: Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-02 Thread Eliot Moss
On 10/2/2020 12:47 PM, vinay Hegde wrote: Hi Eliot Moss, Thank you very much for the quick response & the information.It really helped. I just set 'CYGWIN=winsymlinks:lnk' & I am now able to open sym-link file. Both 'CYGWIN=winsymlinks:lnk' & 'CYGWIN=winsymlinks' are working for me. But it create

Re: Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-02 Thread vinay Hegde via Cygwin
Hi Eliot Moss, Thank you very much for the quick response & the information.It really helped. I just set 'CYGWIN=winsymlinks:lnk' & I am now able to open sym-link file. Both 'CYGWIN=winsymlinks:lnk' & 'CYGWIN=winsymlinks' are working for me. But it creates a shortcut(not the regular file). Hope it

Re: Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-02 Thread Eliot Moss
On 10/2/2020 11:26 AM, vinay Hegde via Cygwin wrote: Hi Cygwin Team, In Cygwin 3.6, I am facing an issue while using tar.exe for extracting .tar.z file. Issue summary: When I use 'tar.exe' to extract the .tar.z file, it extracts all files including symlinks. But symlink file size will be 0KB & i

Problem with tar version 1.29 (in Cygwin 3.6 64 bit) in extracting sym-link files

2020-10-02 Thread vinay Hegde via Cygwin
Hi Cygwin Team, In Cygwin 3.6, I am facing an issue while using tar.exe for extracting .tar.z file. Issue summary: When I use 'tar.exe' to extract the .tar.z file, it extracts all files including symlinks. But symlink file size will be 0KB & it throws error 'The file cannot be accessed by the syst