Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't realise it supported generating tar files. For the cpio I > have (GNU cpio version 2.5): > > ustar The POSIX.1 tar format. Also recognizes GNU tar archives, > which are similar but not identical. > > How does this differ from "tar --format=posix". Isn't the POSIX tar > format for the current GNU tar now the same thing?
No, it isn't. The option --format=posix means POSIX.1-2001 format (a.k.a. "pax format"), whereas ustar is POSIX.1-1988. The former is atually a superset of the latter. Regards, Sergey
