how universal is tar format? SYSV?

Brian Reid reid at su-glacier.ARPA
Wed Mar 20 17:07:23 AEST 1985


Can SYS-V systems with cpio reliably read tar tapes produced by 4.2BSD?
If not, is there an interchange format besides dd that is guaranteed to
be universally readable by any Unix system with a suitable tape drive?
	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
	Stanford	reid at SU-Glacier.ARPA



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