On Sunday, October 29, 2023 2:29:47 AM CET Mouse wrote: > > I don't think any one else cares about pre-ustar. Pretty much any > > reader and writer around uses at least ustar and generally wants to > > have extended POSIX as well when caring about large files. > > So there _is_ a POSIX spec for tarchives? Is the spec available, or is > this yet another pay-to-play "standard"? I've gone looking for specs > for tar before, but each time I have, I've been unable to find anything > that isn't behind a paywall of one sort or another (and thus a total > nonstarter for me).
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