<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
> I use cpio to do backup and occasionally use tar ( on sun ) and GNU tar (
> on linux ). It appears to me that most unix developers used tar. Wondering
> which tar they used? Probably they do not care as long as nobody complain.
As far as I know the GNU tar format can be read on all common systems
using the vendor supplied tar program. It creates a widely supported
format, and avoids using features which may fail on some systems. In
that sense I believe it is the preferred way to write a tar which can be
read everywhere.
> Is it true that Sun people are complaining about GNU tar?
It is certainly "not untrue" in the sense that some are. GNU tar will
produce warnings when using certain tar files created by Sun tar.
> Are there any problems using zip to distribute cdrecord?
Two. First, zip is not a common as tar, although you can make that
argument about gzip as well, if you look at old enough distributions.
Also, compression is not as good as a a gzipped tar, since the tar file
is compressed as a whole, rather than individual files.
> From you mail it
> seems that you do not like Sun using zip archives. Actually I think
> www.sunfreeware.com (probably sponsored by sun) is providing packages in
> sun package form in GNU zip fomat.
I think you mean Info-ZIP format, unless FSF has reinvented the wheel.
They may have adopted it and claimed it as their own, of course...
> Sorry if it is too much off topic.
I hear no complaints.
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-bill davidsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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