I see -
The command:
pax -w -f /dev/rst0 .
copies the contents of the current directory to the device
/dev/rst0.
The command:
pax -v -f filename
gives the verbose table of contents for an archive stored in
filename.
The following commands:
mkdir newdir
cd olddir
pax -rw . newdir
will copy the entire olddir directory hierarchy to newdir.
The command:
pax -r -s ',^//*usr//*,,' -f a.pax
reads the archive a.pax, with all files rooted in ``/usr'' into the
archive extracted relative to the current directory.
The command:
pax -rw -i . dest_dir
can be used to interactively select the files to copy from the
current
directory to dest_dir.
The command:
pax -r -pe -U root -G bin -f a.pax
will extract all files from the archive a.pax which are owned
by root
with group bin and will preserve all file permissions.
The command:
pax -r -w -v -Y -Z home /backup
will update (and list) only those files in the destination
directory
/backup which are older (less recent inode change or file
modification
times) than files with the same name found in the source file
tree home.
STANDARDS
The pax utility is a superset of the IEEE Std1003.2
(``POSIX'') standard.
The options -B, -D, -E, -G, -H, -L, -P, -T, -U, -Y, -Z, the
archive for-
mats bcpio, sv4cpio, sv4crc, tar, and the flawed archive
handling during
list and read operations are extensions to the POSIX standard.
I also see -
http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=howardoakley&;
templatefn=FileSharing.html&aff=consumer&cty=US&lang=en
Untested (yet. Call me adventurous...)
-Sx- :]
