On 01/26/2017 10:23 AM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > And this is exactly why I gave up on some proprietary (OSF/1 IIRC) > `dump' utility as it recorded an archive directory at the beginning > making the whole archive unusable if an error developed there. OTOH > `tar' keeps file information along with actual data spreading it > across the archive, so any medium error only causes the immediately > affected file to be lost. Same with `cpio' (except for the arcane > CLI).
I find that the tar CLI in its full glory is no less arcane than the creaky old cpio one. tar used to be simple with few options. --Chuck
