[Cc-ing to bug-tar]. > VMS has files that the information on how to interpret the structure > is stored in the file header, not the file it self. > > Currently gnu tar is not recording this information, and I am trying > to determine a portable way to record it. > > The best hack that I can come up with is to mangle the name of the > file to contain that information, and demangle it on the unpack.
I would suggest using PAX headers for that. Regards, Sergey
