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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: tar fs copy
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Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 15:41:50 EDT
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> Tar HAS to be able to exec mkdir at any time and work correctly.  It
> can't be waiting for all it's children to exit like you say.....

But it did; that was a silly bug that many of us have long since fixed.