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SunOS tar filename is greater than 100

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Mar 15, 20269523 views
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On a Solaris when creating a tar archive using the cf options: and when many nested directories generates very long path names, I get the error: tar: filename: filename is greater than 100 How to avoid it? Here is the details of the machine:

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tar cf file.tar dir

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I used the option Write a tarfile with extended headers So the command worked smoothly

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