Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:00:12 -0700 From: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> To: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD Message-ID: <42B5C0BC.40904@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050619070640.GQ50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> 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> <20050619070640.GQ50157@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > 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). Yes, it can write cpio. (Posix octet-oriented cpio format, also called 'odc cpio' Other variants are easy to add if there's demand.) Is that not in the manpages? I'll add it. Tim
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