Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Now, where does the first translator save the second passive
> > translator so that it will survive reboots? It doesn't fit in
> > the metadata of the underlying node.
>
> Why should tar worry about that? It seems both unnecessary and contrary
> to the way tar generally works.
Aagh -- I was trying to explain why it shouldn't! But now that I
reread my message, I see I focused too much on how tar eventually
saves stacked passive translators and didn't emphasize that it's
the user's responsibility to tell tar which files to back up.
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