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Date:      Wed, 4 May 2011 06:14:56 -0400
From:      "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>
To:        Modulok <modulok@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, utisoft@gmail.com
Subject:   Re: Piping find into tar...
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On 5/4/11, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> As for pax, I thought tar could create pax archives too, via the --format
> pax
> option?

Yes, although I haven't tested it thoroughly.  pax(1) should also be
able to create a number of different archive formats via the -x flag.
I prefer tar(1) (bsdtar/libarchive), because it has more features.

b.



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