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From: reid@su-glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid)
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Subject: how universal is tar format? SYSV?
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 02:07:23 EST
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Can SYS-V systems with cpio reliably read tar tapes produced by 4.2BSD?
If not, is there an interchange format besides dd that is guaranteed to
be universally readable by any Unix system with a suitable tape drive?
	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA