On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 02:22:00PM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) wrote on 23.12.01 in <a0439g$7a5$1@cesium.transmeta.com>:
>
> > Pax is just a single utility which does cpio and tar.
>
> Well, pax is in POSIX 2001. Neither tar nor cpio are.
If POSIX abandons tar and cpio, it doesn't mean that all
implementations are magically erased from all hard drives all over the
world.
Erik
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