Pax is an archiving utility that reads and writes tar and cpio formats,
both the traditional ones and the extended formats specified in IEEE 1003.1.
It handles multi-volume archives and automatically determines the format
- of an archive while reading it. Three user interfaces are
- supported: tar, cpio, and pax. The pax interface was designed by IEEE
+ of an archive while reading it. The pax interface was designed by IEEE
1003.2 as a compromise in the chronic controversy over which of tar or
cpio is best.
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