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Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
>> > The GNU tar maintainer is working a GNU pax program. Maybe he will also
>> > provide a command-line option for GNU tar that would perform the same
>> > filename charset conversions (suitable for 'tar' archives with UTF-8
>> > filenames)?
>>
>> It has already been implemented.
>>
>> Current version of GNU tar (1.15.1) performs this conversion
>> automatically when operating on an archive file in pax format.
>
> Thanks, indeed that works: When I create a .pax file (*) in an UTF-8 locale
> and use GNU tar 1.15.1 to unpack it in an ISO-8859-15 locale, the filenames
> are correctly converted.
>
> But it is hard to switch the general distribution of tar files to pax format,
> because - while a tar as old as GNU tar 1.11p supports pax files with just
> a warning, and AIX, HP-UX and IRIX tar similarly - the Solaris and OSF/1
> /usr/bin/tar refuse to unpack them.
Possibly relevant: If you use GNU Automake 1.9 or greater, use the
"tar-pax" option to force the creation of PAX archives. Other
possibilities are "tar-ustar" and "tar-v7". I've been using pax
archives for quite a while now, with no complaints. If you still
require portability to older systems, one of the other options is
likely a better choice.
Regards,
Roger
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