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Article #333Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.1: System services interface
From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 00:18
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 1990 00:18
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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) In article <754@longway.TIC.COM> From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) > The ANSI magtape format is simply inappropriate. UNIX archives were > designed to be single files, making it simple to transport them by > means other than magnetic tape. In this modern networked world, for > the most part magnetic tape is an anachronism. Any archive format > standard for UNIX should not depend on the archive supporting > multiple files, tape marks, or any other non-UNIX concept. I disagree. There are just too many organisations using ANSI format magtapes. Tar and CPIO should both be retained, but the ability to read and write standard ANSI magtapes... if the hardware is available... should be part of a portable operating system standard. So for that matter should such things as different receive and transmit baud rates (ever hear of V.23 modems?), but that's another point. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.ferranti.com> Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 82
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!longway!std-unix From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.1: System services interface Message-ID: <767@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 2 Jul 90 00:18:32 GMT References: <385@usenix.ORG> <754@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 22 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)