Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!utrcu1!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer From: klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Tar Keywords: tar Message-ID: Date: 10 Apr 91 07:01:01 GMT References: <3910@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> <1991Apr8.213707.7070@MDI.COM> Sender: news@utrcu1.UUCP Organization: University of Twente, BSC-El Lines: 19 In <1991Apr8.213707.7070@MDI.COM> mitchell@MDI.COM (Bill Mitchell) writes: >In article klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte) writes: >> >>For POSIX, we need pax. Do we want a tar as well? >As long as the outside world still uses tar, and there is a possibility >that we'll want to be able to un-tar tarfiles generated in the outside >world or send tarfiles to someone in the outside world who lacks pax >we'll still need tar. Right? The current minix tar can read both pax (POSIX tar) and old UNIX tar archives. I will be suprised if pax can't -- but will try it. Klamer -- Klamer Schutte Faculty of electrical engineering -- University of Twente, The Netherlands klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl {backbone}!mcsun!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer