At 02:06 PM 12/15/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > >If someone can point me to the proper place, I would >be willing to further analyze this, but this is the issue: > >Files/Directories that end in a '.'(dot) are not retaining >the dot. For example: > >I am attempting to untar a tarball that contains this (done on a linux box)
<snip> >When I try to explode the same tarball on a managed mountpoint under cygwin, >I don't get the Netscape_COMM._Corp. >or the Sun_Microsystems_Corp. directories. > >I don't know whether the issue is in cygwin1.dll, or in mount, or where I >should >start to look for this. It's really a Windows issue but since I believe the goal of managed mounts is to remove Windows impediments like this, one could say it's a problem with managed mounts. I expect you'd need to look at some source code to track the problem and propose a solution though, if there's one to be had. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
