Author: bodewig
Date: Sat Jul 23 03:12:27 2011
New Revision: 1149787
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1149787&view=rev
Log:
we can read the GNU variant of long file names in AR.
Modified:
ant/antlibs/compress/trunk/docs/expand.html
Modified: ant/antlibs/compress/trunk/docs/expand.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/antlibs/compress/trunk/docs/expand.html?rev=1149787&r1=1149786&r2=1149787&view=diff
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--- ant/antlibs/compress/trunk/docs/expand.html (original)
+++ ant/antlibs/compress/trunk/docs/expand.html Sat Jul 23 03:12:27 2011
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ mapper</a>.</p>
<p>An <a href="#expand">unarchiving task</a> for TAR archives.</p>
+<p>Traditionally the AR format doesn't allow file names longer than 16
+ characters. There are two variants that circumvent this limitation
+ in different ways, the GNU/SRV4 and the BSD variant. Currently (as
+ of 1.2) Commons Compress can only read archives using the GNU/SRV4
+ variant.</p>
+
<h3><a name="unzip">UnZip</a></h3>
<p>An <a href="#expand">unarchiving task</a> for ZIP archives.</p>
