Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
[Cc-ing to bug-tar].
I can not find that in gmane, so I will probably have to lookup the
subscription information.
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.
It looks like a good solution. It will take me some time to figure out
how to implement them.
From looking at the gnu tar documentation, I will need a file type code
to indicate a VMS RMS attribute header record. Would 'R' for
GNUTYPE_VMS RMS be suitable?
It also looks like I will need an additional parameter. Right now on
VMS, gnu tar auto converts VMS text files to be in Unix format for
interchange. If gnu tar is getting the ability to store VMS file
attributes, then users may want to optionally disable the automatic
conversions.
It looks like the procedure is to create the PAX header first, followed
by the "normal" header.
-John
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