Christian Maeder wrote: > Matthias Kilian wrote: >> However, to create an archive, you can use something like >> >> $ pax -wf foo.tar directory > > Do you think "gtar --format=posix" would be different from pax? > > The only question is, if we should create archives using the ustar, > posix/pax, or gnu format. ustar seems to be the least common > denominator. Does ustar have any disadvantages?
My plain tar command under solaris cannot handle the pax files, too. So ustar archives should be created (at least under solaris). But I don't know why the ustar format can handle long file names, whereas the gnu format creates a "@LongLink" file and pax a "PaxHeader" file (when unpacked with tar). Cheers Christian _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
