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RE: problem with tar
- To: Terrell Mitchell <terrellm@usit.net>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: RE: problem with tar
- From: Sean Mitchell <mitchell@chrs.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:50:14 -0400
I think you're specifying your file with the DOS style drive letter and a
colon sort of like
tar xfz D:\file.tar.gz
instead of the Cygwin/UNIX style of
tar xfz //d/file.tar.gz
Tar sees the d:\{etc} as specifying a remote machine called d.
Cheers,
Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Terrell Mitchell [mailto:terrellm@usit.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 11:41 AM
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: problem with tar
I have set up cygwin b20 on my windows 98 machine for use with perl and
building cpan modules.
When I try to run tar to extract files from an archive that is not in the
current directory I get an error message
cannot execute remote shell: no such file
cannot open "file name": I/O error
error is not recoverable: exiting now
I have no idea what is wrong with the configuration.
I have tried with COMMAND.COM, 4DOS , 4NT and BASH as the shells.
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.
Thank You
Terrell
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