Glenn Fowler <gsf at research.att.com> wrote:
>
> another opinion from the lurking gallery
>
> re only doing the 'un' part: it makes sense for deprecated and fringe formats
> I periodically get attachments (from known sources) in strange formats
> the first step, always, is to get it out of the strange format and leave that
> behind
>
> re adding unFOO for every FOO format: pax(1), back in the mid 80's, provided
> the
> unix roadmap for bringing foreign archive formats into the fold with minimal
> man-page and /bin impact
Well, there are so many pax(1) implementations and I know of no pax beside
yours that reads many foreign archive formats.
J?rg
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