Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!aecom!strahs From: strahs@aecom.yu.edu (Dan Strahs) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Differences between System V 'tar' and BSD 'tar' facilities? Message-ID: <2396@aecom.yu.edu> Date: 13 Aug 89 00:18:00 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY Lines: 28 Are there differences between the 'tar' facilities supported by AT&T System V Unix and BSD Unix? Here at the AECOM Dept. of Biochemistry, we just acquired a Silicon Graphics 80 which runs System V Unix. However, the man pages for 'tar' indicate that the version used on the Silicon Graphics machine is from Berkeley. We are attempting to 'port over some source code (yes, it's licensed) from a VAX 780 also running System V. However, every time we unpack a tar archive prepared on the VAX 780 with the SG 80, it unpacks correctly. Files get truncated, checksum errors appear, multiple files in one archive aren't recognized, etc. Any help is greatly appreciated... ============================================================================= Dan Strahs ARPANET: aecom!strahs@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu Albert Einstein College of Medicine UUCP: {philabs,cucard,uiucuxc, etc.}! HOME: 1945 Eastchester Rd. #28B !aecom!strahs Bronx, NY 10461 HOMEPHONE: 212-863-4061 WORK: Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine Biochemistry Dept., Forcheimer 316 1300 Morris Park Ave. Bronx, NY 10461 WORKPHONE: 212-430-3180 Disclaimer: "just a sunshine daydream" =============================================================================