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From: ted@braggvax.arpa
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Tar broken on 4.3BSD?
Message-ID: <10895@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 18 Dec 87 01:06:56 GMT
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Try this on 4.3BSD:

		cd /tmp
		tar cf /dev/rmt8 /usr

Get the error:

tar: cannot change back?: /tmp//usr: No such file or directory


Sun tar and all the other tars I have used have no problem with this,
but 4.3 tar seems to handle absolute path names incorrectly.  Is this
a known bug, with a fix?  If not, I'll fix it and post the diffs.

				Thanks,

				Ted Nolan
				ted@braggvax.arpa