Glenn Fowler wrote: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:17:13 -0700 (PDT) Don Cragun wrote: >> When extracting files from an archive, three ways to specify it would >> be: >> pax -r -s ",^/,," -x cpio < cpio_archive >> pax -r -s "/^\///" -x pax < pax_archive >> pax -r -s "x^/xx" -x ustar < ustar_archive > > one minor nit, > "The archive formats described in the EXTENDED DESCRIPTION > section shall be automatically detected on input." > so the ``-x format'' are not needed -- -x is actually not listed for the -r > mode, > at least at http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/toc.htm > so this would suffice > > pax -r -s ",^/,," < any_archive_the_implementation_groks > > I believe with ``-r -x format'' an implementation may treat input archive > mismatch as an error, but this is not explicitly stated in the standard > > (this *may* be the only spot in the standard where I have a chance of > knowing something Don doesn't) > > -- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ -- > > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss
Please take non governance issues off the OGB list. cheers, steve -- stephen lau // stevel at sun.com | 650.786.0845 | http://whacked.net opensolaris // solaris kernel development
