Re: Tar fails with 256

[Rémi Guyomarch <rguyom@321.net>]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 03:14:11PM -0600, John Smith wrote:
> Holy sh** then would you please realize what I want is exactly what I said, 
> I don't want help making it work or advice I would just have liked someone 
> to tell me what error 256 meant.

Ok, you only want to know what error 256 mean.
You should learn to read your mail a bit more carefully. Joshua Stein
already answered this question.

joshua stein <jcs@rt.fm> wrote:
> John Smith wrote:
> > and right before that gives a bunch of errors about missing files and
> > directories.
> 
> very descriptive.
> 
> what are the missing files and directories?
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Btw :
- You have moused in 2.8. Learn to use it (I bet it's as simple as to
put a "YES" somewhere in /etc/rc.conf). This will give you copy'n
paste in console mode.
- If you don't undertand vi and don't want to learn it, use something
else. For example /usr/ports/editors/joe. And learn how to use it.
- While you're building ports, please build or download a decent MUA,
or at least don't quote the full message headers in your reply.

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Rémi