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List:       classiccmp
Subject:    Re: Problems untarring on a UNIX PC (SysV)
From:       Philip Pemberton <classiccmp () philpem ! me ! uk>
Date:       2014-01-31 2:09:07
Message-ID: 52EB05C3.1050308 () philpem ! me ! uk
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On 30/01/14 04:48, Tony Aiuto wrote:
> man tar suggests    --format=v7     if that does not work, try pax fromat

The Pax format has left "Pax..." directories scattered all over the
disk, eating up inodes. Looks like it needs to be "--format=v7", then
ignore the errors (which are down to the UNIX PC's tar utility not
recognising the attribute bits GNU tar wrote for the directories)...

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Phil.
classiccmp@philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/
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