tar limited by filename length (<100 chars)

[Mike Frysinger]

On Monday 10 October 2005 07:30 pm, Ian W Roberts wrote:
> I find that it can't save into archives files with pathnames >100 chars in
> length.

this behavior is by design.  POSIX 1003.1-1990 says that the largest name that 
can be stored is 100 chars in length.

not sure if anyone plans on implementing GNU extensions (such as supporting 
unlimited filename length) ...

> What to do?

use gnu tar for now

> Is there a newer version of busybox with a tar utility that can handle
> longer filenames?

no
-mike