Mo McKinlay wrote:
>
> # Just to point out the obvious. But are you propose that people
> # can't use tar for backups without losing their other streams...
>
> They couldn't use tar, cp, cpio, or anything else which relies on copying
> a 'whole file'. Not without modifications.
PAX, I think, can be used; it already supports what we need,
and can emulate tar and cpio. Tar and cpio can even
be just links to pax (correct me if I'm wrong).
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