Sender:	rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk
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Date:	Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:48:24 +0000
From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Cygnus tree in SFN, again
References:	<CAEGKOHJKAAFPKOCLHDIGEHCCAAA DOT tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Hello.

Tim Van Holder wrote:
> 
> >  Is it possible automatically leave out a set of
> > directories when extracting an archive?
[snip]
> b) Can't you use fnchange.lst to use 'NUL' as new name
>    for the conflicting files? That would send them to
>    the bit bucket, wouldn't it? I suppose you'd still
>    be stuck with the directories, but that's probably
>    not that bad.

Or /dev/null? There should probably be a big warning when djtar sends a
file to the bit bucket too. Doing it quietly or as for a normal file would
be misleading.

Bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> http://www.bigfoot.com/~richdawe/ 

"The soul is the mirror of an indestructible universe."
--- Gottfried W. Leibniz

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