From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 30 16:24:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from witch.iiclub.co.il (shells.help-me.co.il [212.25.125.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1614837B403 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:24:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vadik@vygo.net) Received: from vadik by witch.iiclub.co.il with local (Exim 3.22 #27) id 15RLLl-0004Fh-00 for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 01:17:21 +0300 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 01:17:20 +0300 From: Vadim Vygonets To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Backup file formats: tar, cpio, pax, yadda, yadda, yadda Message-ID: <20010731011720.B16087@vygo.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3B6212B5.FDFEB694@bellatlantic.net> <200107270444.f6R4iBw09131@harmony.village.org> <200107280307.f6S37Yw16631@harmony.village.org> <3B625232.CAF39600@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B625232.CAF39600@yahoo.com>; from kc5vdj@yahoo.com on Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 12:48:34AM -0500 X-Operating-System: yes Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoth Jim Bryant on Sat, Jul 28, 2001: > FreeBSD and GNU tar will not restore correctly to HP-UX, but dump/restore does work fine. But POSIX tar (pax -x ustar) and GNU tar will not restore each other's archives correctly, if said archives have long filenames. However, dump and tar should be used for different purposes. Vadik. -- Taunt not the sysadmin, for he can become you and make your life interesting. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message