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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: tar: Pathname too long
Date: 14 Oct 2016 15:53:38 GMT
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On 2016-10-14, Robert Peirce <bob@peirce-family.com> wrote:
> Being unable to let sleeping dogs lie, I changed LIST to have iTunes 
> first instead of half-way down the list.  Would you believe the damn 
> thing worked!  This is way beyond my understanding.
>
> This failed:
>
> LIST="35mmNegativeScans Ada AdaAndDeclan APOD Declan 
> iPhone.photoslibrary iTunes Miscellaneous Movies ScannedImages Tests 
> ThingsThatGo Weddings Wintergreen"
>
> This worked:
>
> LIST="iTunes 35mmNegativeScans Ada AdaAndDeclan APOD Declan 
> iPhone.photoslibrary Miscellaneous Movies ScannedImages Tests 
> ThingsThatGo Weddings Wintergreen"

What exactly are you trying to accomplish with this script? What's its
purpose?

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