Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: what is a .pax file ? | Date | Thu, 06 Aug 1998 17:23:28 -0300 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <199808060717.AA00437@cetia.cetia.fr>, Herve REY writes: +----- | i download the sources of linux kernel 2.0.32 for powerpc and this file is : | linux-2.0.32.pax.gz , size is about : 9 meg | | what is the meaning of .pax ? +--->8
pax is the (original) POSIX archiver, a cross between tar and cpio. GNU cpio should be able to handle it.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering carnegie mellon university (bsa@kf8nh is still valid.)
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