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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: Backup file formats: tar, cpio, pax, yadda, yadda, yadda
From:       Vadim Vygonets <vadik-hackers () freebsd ! vygo ! net>
Date:       2001-07-30 22:17:20
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Quoth Jim Bryant on Sat, Jul 28, 2001:
> FreeBSD and GNU tar will not restore correctly to HP-UX, but dump/restore does work fine.

But POSIX tar (pax -x ustar) and GNU tar will not restore each
other's archives correctly, if said archives have long filenames.
However, dump and tar should be used for different purposes.

Vadik.

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