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From: tjt@kobold.UUCP (T.J.Teixeira)
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Subject: Re: tar fix
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Date: Mon, 26-Sep-83 08:51:52 EDT
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	Yes I do know about 'cpio' - but it isn't as portable between
	different kinds of hardware.

			John Collins
			Root Computers Ltd
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Just use the `c' option to cpio and it will output headers as text strings
rather than binary records.

Actually, I think it was very misguided to use the binary headers as the
default for cpio.  Has anyone else considered changing the default?