From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 11 16:32:56 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA20001 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 16:32:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from hp.com (hp.com [15.255.152.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA19989 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 16:32:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from hpautobo.aus.hp.com by hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA010738367; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 16:32:50 -0800 Message-Id: <199512120032.AA010738367@hp.com> Received: by hpautobo.aus.hp.com (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA286358366; Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:32:46 +1100 From: M C Wong Subject: tar To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org (freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 95 11:32:45 EDT Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Where can I find the higher level description of tar format (tar header and etc) files ? I need to understand the format briefly without diving into the code immediately. I will have to implement extraction from a tar file (not directly from the tape device at all at any time). Thanks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2i iQCVAwUBMMzNpkmThh0X7Um5AQH2/AP/Xu3OQIPK+SXu9ZswLz5PbOIVRGdoHIch +Pu4TBXAG8FbCJmKl6k6pFXWrqRTuAVzRmIIVL+2Aq/7xamsm9il13A3c5QcJLN5 35Q/2L/OaYBQL70tFtbp6+gcrCSGW2nmXntAfFWb+JyfzigzXBLUC70oU9Q3GKYB WU2QSKMVLz0= =qaIi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----