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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!news.bbn.com!petra!petra!drg From: drg@candidus.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R. Guilderson) Subject: Re: any chance of... In-Reply-To: nate@cs.montana.edu's message of Wed, 31 Mar 1993 03: 16:15 GMT Message-ID: <DRG.93Mar31124727@candidus.ma30.bull.com> Lines: 10 Sender: news@petra.ma30.bull.com (Network News) Organization: Zenith Data Systems / Bull, Billerica MA USA References: <1p84lbINN1j1@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <JKH.93Mar30023319@whisker.lotus.ie> <1993Mar30.041706.28158@coe.montana.edu> <1pauv5INN771@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <1993Mar31.031615.5064@coe.montana.edu> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1993 17:47:27 GMT In article <1993Mar31.031615.5064@coe.montana.edu> nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes: Me, the main reason I like tar is because I know tar. I don't know cpio. "I knew Mr. Tar, Mr. Tar was a good friend of mine, and you, Mr. Cpio are no Mr. Tar." That's a good enough reason for me. I have trouble enough trying to remember the flags for one archiving program, never mind two. I vote for tar.