Re: [Bug-tar] Separate return code when file changes while being read

[Steve Bergman]

On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 20:35 +0300, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Steve Bergman <address@hidden> wrote:

> Probably you meant 'old ascii' format (-Hodc).

Oh yes, old ascii.


> Why? You can have as many files in a cpio backup as necessary.

The big thing that "-H newc" gave cpio was the ability to handle inode
numbers > 65536 properly.  I'm not certain how significant that really
is.

>  

> The new versions of GNU tar and cpio will be released this saturday.
> I will implement the new return code before the release.

Wonderful!!!

Thanks so much.

-Steve