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Subject: Re: format of 386bsd 0.1 src images
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From: mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov. (Mike Newell)
Date: 14 Jun 93 19:58:45 +0600
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In article 142330@clam.com, dyer@clam.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
>I'm attempting to browse through the 386bsd 0.1 src files,
>named src01.01 - src01.61, and I'm a little confused as to their
>format.  They seem to be compressed files ("zcat *" seems to give
>reasonable output), but I'm not sure what the archive format is.
>

They are in cpio(1) format.  I've managed to read them on a SunOS 4.1.3
system with no problem...

Mike Newell
NASA Advanced Network Applications Group