"Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 03/07/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Actually, -T is documented, unless you are talking about the file
> format as James Carlson already pointed out:
With respect to an implementation, _mainly_ the file format needs to be
documented.
Jörg
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