SunOS tar filename is greater than 100

Question

On a Solaris when creating a tar archive using the cf options:

tar cf file.tar dir

and when many nested directories generates very long path names, I get the error:

tar: filename: filename is greater than 100

How to avoid it?

Here is the details of the machine:

# uname -a
SunOS <box-name> 5.10 Generic_125100-10 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200

Answer 1

That's a restriction of pre-POSIX tar. You can use cpio -H ustar, POSIX standard pax, or install GNU tar.

Answer 2

I used the option E

Write a tarfile with extended headers

So the command tar cEf file.tar dir worked smoothly