7 Aug
2009
7 Aug
'09
7:14 a.m.
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