Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, there are moves to change the pax format (so far in an > upward-compatible way, but you never know....). Perhaps you should > mention that "tar-pax" is intended to be the most recent version of > the pax interchange format, not necessarily the 2001 version. (This > problem probably afflicts the GNU tar documentation as well....)
Yes, I agree. > Wouldn't it be safer to use 'cpio -H tar -i' rather than 'cpio -i'? Yes, it would. Regards, Sergey