RE: [Bug-tar] tar 1.23: Problem under Solaris 10 - incorrect GNU header contents

[Armistead, Jason]

Hello Sergey

My apologies.  The problem I'm having is with GNU formatted archives.  I saw 
the "ustar" text in the header records in the tar file, and immediately typed 
that in my e-mail.  I am still new to the world of tar archives.  Tar is 
definitely generating archives with --format=gnu.

So, I changed the subject accordingly.

My problem still remains ... and since I'm trying to shut off that old Solaris 
10 system, I'd like to know that the archives it generates are indeed 
"standard-compliant" rather than ending up with gigabytes of "digital trash" 
which are going to be unrecoverable on other systems (one of the reasons I was 
trying to open my resultant archives with 7-Zip and WinZip).

Regards,
Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Sergey Poznyakoff [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Friday, 4 June 2010 11:03 AM
To: Armistead, Jason
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.23: Problem under Solaris 10 - incorrect Ustar 
header contents

Armistead, Jason <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> I'm building a UStar formatted archive (the default for tar)

The default format for GNU tar is GNU, *not* ustar. If you wish to
create ustar archives, use --format=ustar (-Hustar) option.

Regards,
Sergey