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From: rrw@ccice2.UUCP (Rick Wessman)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re:  how universal is tar format? SYSV?
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 12:30:23 EST
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> UNIX System V has a "tar" and a "cpio";
> 4.2BSD just has "tar".  The "tar"s aren't completely
> compatible but for inter-UNIX tape transfer that's
> probably your best bet.

As far using "tar" goes, there should be no problem. We transfer
files all the time between our sys3/sys5 compatible machine and our
4.2 Vax. The incompatibility arises when an option unique to one
version is used.

			Rick