[Bug-tar] Re: Is there any documentation for '-H pax'?

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

Fan Decheng <address@hidden> wrote:

> I read the info document came with tar-1.15.1, but I
> didin't find any documentation on -H, and I found
> something on pax but don't know what they really mean.

See --format=posix in chapter 'tar Options' (online version
at http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/tar_43.html#SEC43),
and the discussion of various tar formats in chapter 'Controlling the
Archive Format' (online version at
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/tar_120.html#SEC120).

In short it boils down to the following: give -H pax (or -H posix, or
--format=posix) option to tar when creating the archive.

Regards,
Sergey