how universal is tar format? SYSV?

VLD/VMB gwyn at BRL-VLD.ARPA
Wed Mar 20 20:33:30 AEST 1985


UNIX System V has a "tar" and a "cpio";
4.2BSD just has "tar".  The "tar"s aren't completely
compatible but for inter-UNIX tape transfer that's
probably your best bet.



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