Keith M Wesolowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 05:25:58PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>
> > This is why I did propose to keep the old binary as /usr/bin/otar.
>
> Would star, when invoked as tar or suntar and given this option,
> invoke otar if it detects that it's being asked to read an "old"
> archive format? If so, you might be getting close to something
> acceptable.
If you do not expect the features of star (e.g. auto compression detection/use
and auto-format detection and use) to work in this case, it could be done
easily.
BTW: As Suntar -@ is documented while suntar -T is not, it would easier be
possible to implement read support for the suntar -@ archive format.
And you are right, one reason for proposing to rename the current /usr/bin/tar
binary to /usr/bin/otar is to find a way to make integration of a modern tar
implementation faster while not losing compatibility to older SunOS releases.
Jörg
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