Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:06:40 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD Message-ID: <20050619070640.GQ50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050619033904.GB3061@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20050617214658.GA41804@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <58826.1119044951@critter.freebsd.dk> <20050617220222.GA42080@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050617220653.GA114@saltmine.radix.net> <20050617221353.GA48584@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050618061603.GM50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20050619033904.GB3061@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Sat, 2005-Jun-18 20:39:04 -0700, David O'Brien wrote: >On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 04:16:04PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> If you're looking for ways to save space in /rescue, there are other >> low-hanging fruit before you start moving to yet another editor: >.. >> - pax (when the new libarchive tar is available) > >Pax does more than just tar archives. Can libarchive'ed tar handle cpio >archives? According to tar(1) and libarchive-formats(3), yes it read anything that pax can. (It can't write cpio but I don't see that as a requirement in /rescue). -- Peter Jeremy
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