Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: tar: Pathname too long Date: 22 Oct 2016 22:14:36 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <6klgdd-65d2.ln1@news.chingola.ch> <1mvbw4r.1r5nnx01q1ronmN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <1mvcx27.1u41d2t4l3wmN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> X-Trace: individual.net HAc+Fp2KoXXHkBAuoISUhgXujkpl8yd2Q+sP7O9FWCtkD6uJar Cancel-Lock: sha1:mMmkVaqo4KG8zWYzNysHMIJx+/4= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:37208 On 2016-10-22, Happy.Hobo wrote: > On 10-21-2016 23:26, Jolly Roger wrote: >> Happy.Hobo wrote: >>> On 10-20-2016 09:21, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>> What does the 'ls-l' command show for the icon file itself? >>> >>> There are a lot of them, and most of them were given to me by a Windows >>> user. (At least I think I remember her using Windows.) And the one I >>> checked does _not_ enable the "Cut" command. But it does have a >>> resource fork. I picked that one because I knew I hadn't even been in >>> that directory yet. >>> >>> Hmmm. >> >> You didn't answer the question. > > I certainly did. No, you didn't. I asked what the command shows, and you told me a small tidbit of barely related information. What I expected was the actual information given by the ls -l command. Anyhow, forget it. It's obvious you don't want help with this self-made "problem", and I've got better things to do. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR