Dear hackers, I'm frequently missing pax(1) ability to handle the pax (the POSIX pax) format. Backing up real-world file names and lengths doesn't work with ustar format - which pax(1) uses and also tar(1) by default.
I'd prefer using pax(1) because of it's cli usage – personal taste… But in practice, I'm forced to use tar(1), overriding tar's default format with the "--format pax" (or --posix) option, for almost any archive/backup job (where zfs send isn't feasible). Since tar(1) does support the POSIX pax format, it's not a big issue, but weird using tar for pax and pax for tar ;-) I'd love pax(1) beeing libarchive(3)ed. Has anyone ever thought about? Unfortunately I'm lacking skills and time :-( Thanks, -harry _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
