[Q] Can't read OSF/1 tarfiles on SunOS!?

From: Mats G Karlsson <atomaka_at_ato.abb.se>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 95 14:33:17 +0100

Hi!

Why is it that a tar archive made on a system running DEC OSF/1 V3.0B can't
be read properly on a machine with SunOS V4.1.3?

The archive contains a directory and five files in it. When the archive
is read the directory is created as a regular file! The other files can't be
extracted since the directory is a file...

When the archive is created on a Ultrix system everything works fine!

Why does this happen and what can I do?

/Mats

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