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From: chris@nrcvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: tar
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Date: Tue, 26-May-87 12:26:56 EDT
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m5@bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally (Man from Mars)) says:
>What's the point of the 's' (swap bytes) option to tar?  Are there any
>systems which store characters of a string in byte-swapped order (so
>"TAMALE" looks like "ATAMEL")?  I dig the scene with integers, man, but
>strings?  Far out.  Especially since it swaps bytes in the header
>blocks as well as in the data.

Yes, there are systems out there that do byte swap.  Go check out Integrated
Solutions.  (Why they do this is beyond me.  It's not directly compatible with
any other system we have.)  And yes, they byte swap everything, including
the header blocks.

-- 
	Chris Grevstad
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As Mad Max was wont to say: So-so-so-so-so-so-sorry about that, Chief!