From: cowan@pswtech.com (Chris Cowan)
Subject: Handling ...
3 Apr 1997 21:48:50 -0800
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I have gnutar image that I made in an OSF DFS environment.
Unfortunately, I made the image with absolute paths, so all of the
items start with the /... prefix.  I can't untar it because I can't
create a directory named /... or ...

I have tried to make folders in NT explorer, the DOS console and under
bash.   I've also tried to map /... and ... using the mount command.
None of these work.

Presently, I stymied.   Does anyone have a suggestion around this
problem?  Is there a util for rename the filepaths in a tar image.
(This thing is big and on removable media, so I don't have a lot of
leeway to make temp copies).




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