arritt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (06/05/91)
I like using 'bru' a lot better than 'tar'. But my UNIX textbooks all
discuss tar, and NONE of them include bru (granted they're a few years
old). So my question is -- if I write all my tapes using bru, will they
be readable on other systems? i.e., Is bru widely enough used that I
can be reasonably sure that the tapes will be readable at some as-yet
unknown institution on some unknown system, at some unknown time in the
future? Or should I stick with tar to guarantee this?
(Apologies if this is a Dumb Question.)
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