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Article #349Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.1: System services interface
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 03:40
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 1990 03:40
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From: Doug Gwyn <gwyn@smoke.brl.mil> In article <781@longway.TIC.COM> uunet!tsa.co.uk!domo@usenix.ORG writes: >After all, tar's a format for blocked magnetic tapes, ... No, it is not. A "tar" archive is merely a stream of bytes, all of whose structure is contained internally. The designers of "tar" and (to a lesser extent) "cpio" archive formats did, however, take into account the blocked nature of such media, so that it would be convenient to use such media to hold the archive. This was entirely appropriate and does not require that such media be used. Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 97
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!longway!std-unix From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.1: System services interface Message-ID: <783@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 5 Jul 90 03:40:11 GMT References: <767@longway.TIC.COM> <770@longway.TIC.COM> <781@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: std-unix@uunet.uu.net Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 13 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)