On Aug 17 09:06, Peter Milliken wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to write large files across multiple floppies using tar. I am > using tar 1.13.25 and it writes to the first diskette but then stops - no > prompt for the next disk or anything. > > I searched the archives and found the following: > [...] > I found the culprit. It was age old code in Cygwin which should speed > up reading and writing on raw devices by using buffering. This works > nicely for reading, but it doesn't work quite as well for writing. > I've removed buffered writing for raw devices entirely. > [...] > Is this fix in the currently available distribution yet? Is so, which > component of cygwin do I have to update i.e. tar.exe, one of the dll's or > what?
It's a bug in the Cygwin DLL. > If it's not currently available, what are my options? :-) Install a developers snapshot of Cygwin (http://cygwin.com/snapshots/) or wait for the 1.5.11 release which is due VSN. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Co-Project Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/
