[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Porting File-Roller to Maemo

[From: Greg Morgan]

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Michael Flaig wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> afaik the busybox of IT2006 doesn't have a full tar ...
> You might need to modify the command that file-roller executes...
> 
> or you might ship the full featured gnu tar :-)
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Michael 
> 
> Am Donnerstag, den 13.07.2006, 12:37 +0530 schrieb
> pavankumar.patale at wipro.com:
<snip>
>>     while extracting the file, if that contains the folder and files
>> and folder 
>>        error: tar: invalid tar magic.
>>  
>> Could anyone pls throw some light on this problem.

Here are some links to add to what Michael said:
http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html
http://www.busybox.net/downloads/README
http://www.busybox.net/FAQ.html
BusyBox is used in both the Red Hat anaconda installer and the leaf
diskette based firewalls.  If possible, you will have to map your
application to the actual striped down options available for the
required commands used by the file-roller GUI.

>>  
>> Thanks,
>> Pavan

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