Re: untar of sym links randomly works or creates empty files

2011-04-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 06:35:34PM -0500, Tom Rodman wrote: >Hello: > >I believe I have the latest cygwin, tar, and bash loaded. When >I take a Linux tar file (~500k), containing a mix of files and >symbolic links, untarring with cygwin's tar randomly creates >several empty files instead of symbol

untar of sym links randomly works or creates empty files

2011-04-14 Thread Tom Rodman
Hello: I believe I have the latest cygwin, tar, and bash loaded. When I take a Linux tar file (~500k), containing a mix of files and symbolic links, untarring with cygwin's tar randomly creates several empty files instead of symbolic links. ( This linux tar file is one I create, it changes every