On 9/8/06, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Hello,
Sorry to change the subject slightly here on this thread, but I was
wondering about this before the topic came up.
Given the problems with using the tar format for file distribution,
What problems ?
there any other simple, non-compressed file-grouping formats out there
that weren't originally designed for backups (e.g. don't contain
usernames, permissions, etc)? Something that can be a drop-in
replacement for tar and thus can integrate with gzip/bzip2 easily?
(Don't even say .zip)
I would say cpio, but you don't want any backup designed archivers.
There's probably one out there I'm completely naive about, but I haven't
seen one yet that would be a safer alternative.
Because there is nothing wrong with tar.
--
mitu
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