domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop) (12/23/88)
In article <4407@xenna.Encore.COM> bzs@Encore.COM (Barry Shein) writes: [relevant stuff deleted -- I'm making an irrelevant posting here...] >For that matter why not just combine tar and ar and add a flag to tar >to include an archive symbol table... Better make that a flag to cpio. In System V, release 4, cpio will have a new flag, -Htar, that makes it read and write tar-format archives... -- Dominic Dunlop domo@sphinx.co.uk domo@riddle.uucp
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (12/27/88)
In article <953@riddle.UUCP>, domo@riddle.UUCP (Dominic Dunlop) writes: > Better make that a flag to cpio. In System V, release 4, cpio will have > a new flag, -Htar, that makes it read and write tar-format archives... Shriek!!!!!! I hope that's a joke. Please, sir, let it be a joke. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Work: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. `-_-' Home: bigtex!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.uu.net. 'U` Opinions may not represent the policies of FICC or the Xenix Support group.