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- From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva)
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- 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.
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