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- Section 10 of the POSIX Trial Use Standard (and of the current draft)
- describes a data interchange format based on the tar program. The P1003.1
- Working Group has recently received two related proposals regarding that
- section: one to add cpio format (including old-style, non c option format);
- the other to replace the tar format with cpio format. It was also proposed
- in the latest Working Group meeting to drop section 10 altogether and let
- P1003.2 handle the issue.
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- As the moderator of this newsgroup, I solicit comments about what should
- be done with section 10.
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- As a Working Group member, I will take such comments into account when
- I submit a proposal in a few weeks. If there is sufficient interest,
- I will post an outline of that proposal in the newsgroup (as myself,
- rather than as the moderator). I can also post the already-submitted
- proposals.
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- Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number 8
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