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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Ultrix (and other) tar formats
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 21:52:36 EDT
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Note that IEEE P1003 is defining "tar" as a portable
data exchange format for UNIX-like systems.
(Includes extensions to accommodate 4.2BSD etc.)


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