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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: Backup of 32bit dev entries
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>Why don't we change the defaults for cpio and pax?  For cpio, this is

It would break tradition.

>Bruce, do you know which format the ``extended cpio interchange format
>specified in POSIX.1 {8} 10.1.2'' does exactly refer to?  I believe
>it's cpio's ``crc'' format, but i don't have a Posix.1 doc handy.

It is `odc', the old (POSIX.1) portable format :-(.

Bruce