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: Re: Differences between System V 'tar' and BSD 'tar' facilities? Summary: additional facts Message-ID: <2397@aecom.yu.edu> Date: 13 Aug 89 01:23:37 GMT References: <2396@aecom.yu.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY Lines: 27 Here are a few additional facts to help you wizards... With the archive written by BSD tar, there are extra characters in the padding to 'flesh' out the current block that apparently follow the end of the file at a fixed distance. Perhaps these are related to how many files there are and how big they are? Can I get the System V machine to write these characters at the end of the files in the archive it creates? If not, can I edit the current archive created with System V tar to include these characters so that it is recognized by the BSD tar? This would probably be worth my time, since moving 6 Megabyte archives by phone line is painful process I'd hate to have to repeat. ============================================================================= 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" =============================================================================