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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 11:12:15AM -0400, Richard Coleman wrote:
> Of course, I still find it odd that tar and cpio are in /usr/bin, but 
> pax is in /bin.  But that's a bikeshed for another day when we are 
> really bored.

pax(1) can read (ie, restore from tape) both tar and cpio archives.  So
why litter /bin up with 3 programs when 1 will do?
 
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