If you think you'll need to extract
files on Windows, you should also try Zip
(http://www.info-zip.org/)
Cheers,
Tim
Armistead, Jason wrote:
Hello Sergey
My apologies. The problem I'm having is with GNU formatted archives. I saw the
"ustar" text in the header records in the tar file, and immediately typed that
in my e-mail. I am still new to the world of tar archives. Tar is definitely generating
archives with --format=gnu.
So, I changed the subject accordingly.
My problem still remains ... and since I'm trying to shut off that old Solaris 10 system, I'd like
to know that the archives it generates are indeed "standard-compliant" rather than ending
up with gigabytes of "digital trash" which are going to be unrecoverable on other systems
(one of the reasons I was trying to open my resultant archives with 7-Zip and WinZip).
Regards,
Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Sergey Poznyakoff [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 4 June 2010 11:03 AM
To: Armistead, Jason
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.23: Problem under Solaris 10 - incorrect Ustar
header contents
Armistead, Jason <[email protected]> ha escrit:
I'm building a UStar formatted archive (the default for tar)
The default format for GNU tar is GNU, *not* ustar. If you wish to
create ustar archives, use --format=ustar (-Hustar) option.
Regards,
Sergey
