Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:18:24 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of /stand Directory Message-ID: <xzp7jpng7i7.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20041018173043.GE5179@dragon.nuxi.com> (David O'Brien's message of "Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:30:43 -0700") References: <4171F702.9020405@gamersimpact.com> <4173DD4F.1030501@criticalmagic.com> <20041018173043.GE5179@dragon.nuxi.com>
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"David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> writes: > pax(1) can read (ie, restore from tape) both tar and cpio archives. So > why litter /bin up with 3 programs when 1 will do? Agreed, bsdtar can handle all those formats, so there's no real need to have pax(1) or cpio(1) at all except perhaps as hard links to bsdtat(1). DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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