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- Distribution: gnu
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 17:45:17 GMT
- Approved: bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu
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- tar 1.11.1 has an annoying habit of printing out a number instead of a name
- if it can't find the directory to untar into...
-
- Here's a patch: (I wish everything was this simple!)
-
- leisner@annapurna$ !rcsdiff
- rcsdiff -c tar.c
- ===================================================================
- RCS file: tar.c,v
- retrieving revision 1.1
- diff -c -r1.1 tar.c
- *** 1.1 1992/12/27 23:55:25
- --- tar.c 1992/12/28 00:07:12
- ***************
- *** 433,439 ****
- #if 0
- case 'C':
- if(chdir(optarg)<0)
- ! msg_perror("Can't change directory to %d",optarg);
- break;
- #endif
-
- --- 433,439 ----
- #if 0
- case 'C':
- if(chdir(optarg)<0)
- ! msg_perror("Can't change directory to %s",optarg);
- break;
- #endif
-
- ***************
- *** 1051,1057 ****
- if (nlp->fake)
- {
- if (nlp->change_dir && chdir (nlp->change_dir))
- ! msg_perror ("Can't change to directory %d", nlp->change_dir);
- namelist = 0;
- return 1;
- }
- --- 1051,1057 ----
- if (nlp->fake)
- {
- if (nlp->change_dir && chdir (nlp->change_dir))
- ! msg_perror ("Can't change to directory %s", nlp->change_dir);
- namelist = 0;
- return 1;
- }
-
-
- --
- marty
- leisner.henr801c@xerox.com leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com
- Member of the League for Programming Freedom
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