fjh@hudson.UUCP (FJ Hirsch) (08/02/84)
I have a tape from a Berkeley system (4.2) written in tar format. I would like to read it into a System V Unix. Of course tar has been "fixed" so the two tars are incompatable. So, Does anyone have a tar program written for System V Unix which can read berkeley tar tapes? Please send me mail if you do. I could use it! (UNIX is a TM of Bell Laboratories as we all know). Thank you!
mo@seismo.UUCP (Mike O'Dell) (08/03/84)
> I have a tape from a Berkeley system (4.2) written in tar format. > I would like to read it into a System V Unix. > Of course tar has been "fixed" so the two tars are incompatable. > So, > Does anyone have a tar program written for System V Unix which > can read berkeley tar tapes? > > Please send me mail if you do. I could use it! > > (UNIX is a TM of Bell Laboratories as we all know). > > Thank you! One of the "fixes" which was required, and makes this a bit dicy is something called "symbolic links". I seem to remember that this facility is broken in System V, so I am at a loss to understand how one can extract an arbitrary tar tape on System V. Oh, I know! Maybe if you wait 'till the next release. (tounge firmly in cheek) -Mike "186,000 miles per second - Not just a good idea, it's the LAW!"