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- I'd favor leaving in the tar specification *and* adding cpio. That way,
- users of a POSIX-conforming system get the best of both. I think tar's
- only real advantage is the multi-volume capability, otherwise cpio is much
- superior. What would *really* win is a spec for multi-volume cpio (perhaps
- P1003.2 should do this).
-
- BTW, I contributed some stuff to one of the draft versions of Section 10
- (specifically, the proposal for a multi-volume tar format with the
- ability to recover from a missing volume that is also upward-compatible with
- the present one), so I feel like I have something of a proprietary interest
- in this stuff. Please email me with an update if you don't get enough response
- to merit a posting.
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- Eric S. Raymond
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