X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?p=tar;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;fp=README;h=bf65e82ad7ce0180810701d326928e385013fea2;hp=f07050c95859f135bef53a5b92e5288fa2aec2a3;hb=ee168310ec4227174ace489bf5f81f8c2f91cde0;hpb=22f1eb8bc17e5be72dd23d42d6aaa60196ac22e6 diff --git a/README b/README index f07050c..bf65e82 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -180,19 +180,19 @@ the `lchown' call will be used if available, but that's all. GNU `tar' is able to create archive in the following formats: *** The format of UNIX version 7 - *** POSIX.1-1988 format, also known as "ustar format" + *** POSIX.1-1988 format, also known as "ustar format" *** POSIX.1-2001 format, also known as "pax format" *** Old GNU format (described below) In addition to those, GNU `tar' is also able to read archives -produced by `star' archiver. +produced by `star' archiver. A so called `Old GNU' format is based on an early draft of the POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' standard which is different from the final standard. It defines its extensions (such as incremental backups and handling of the long file names) in a way incompatible with any existing tar archive format, therefore the use of old GNU -format is strongly discouraged. +format is strongly discouraged. Please read the file NEWS for more information about POSIX compliance and new `tar' features. @@ -248,4 +248,3 @@ mode: outline paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" version-control: never End: -