[Python-Dev] Adding Optik to 2.3 standard library (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:56:21 -0400

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002, Martin v. Loewis wrote:

The recent Posix release deprecates the cpio(1) utility, and replaces it with the pax(1) utility. By default, pax writes the ustar format, but with enhanced features taken from cpio. In addition, it fixes bugs in both formats, e.g. by introducing the notion of character sets and Unicode for file names in tar files.

Side note for those unfamiliar with this bit of Windows lore: all versions of Windows claiming POSIX compatibility ship the pax utility, and thus can read and write tar files.

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