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SubjectRe: Implementing Meta File information in Linux
On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 12:42:55PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> You fix tar (or better yet you fix cpio)

No you don't - I don't want tar knowing and changing file-system
specific attributes.

Leave tar alone. If you want specific fancy utilities, make xtar
(extended tar) or something better, I don't see why we should alter
tar to suit our self-centered view of the world though.

> As to server side file copy that depends what NFSv4 offers the
> world

Any idea on when we likely to see any real implementaion of this from
any real vendors such as Sun?



-cw

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