http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Pax 2026-04-21T14:41:37Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=30968&oldid=prev 2019-03-06T19:47:55Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:47, 6 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:''This article is about the archive format. For the image format, see [[PAX (Pick Ax)]].''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>:''This article is about the archive format. For the image format, see [[PAX (Pick Ax)]].''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''pax''' format (Portable Archive eXchange), or '''pax interchange format''', is extension of the [[Tape Archive|tar]] archive format to support arbitrary named attributes. It may also be referred to as something like '''POSIX.1-2001 tar format'''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>'''pax''' format (Portable Archive eXchange), or '''pax interchange format''', is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </ins>extension of the [[Tape Archive|tar]] archive format to support arbitrary named attributes. It may also be referred to as something like '''POSIX.1-2001 tar format'''.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Disambiguation ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Disambiguation ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=30967&oldid=prev 2019-03-06T19:46:11Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Specifications</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 19:46, 6 March 2019</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 / IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition: pax command &amp; interchange format]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/pax.html Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 / IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition: pax command &amp; interchange format]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man4/pax.4.asp Format of pax archives]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man4/pax.4.asp Format of pax archives]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>See also [[Tape Archive]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>See also [[Tape Archive<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#Specifications</ins>]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=30945&oldid=prev 2019-02-28T16:35:31Z

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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=24648&oldid=prev 2016-02-23T08:45:35Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 08:45, 23 February 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Software ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [[Konvertor]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.libarchive.org/ libarchive]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.libarchive.org/ libarchive]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table>

Marco http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=20406&oldid=prev 2015-01-08T01:02:26Z

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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=20239&oldid=prev 2014-12-28T18:58:02Z

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Alanc http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=15523&oldid=prev 2014-01-04T17:45:53Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 17:45, 4 January 2014</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|extensions={{ext|pax}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>|extensions={{ext|pax}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[pax]] (Portable aRchive eXchange) is an uncompressed archive file format, and a multi-format archiving utility. 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Jsummers http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Pax&diff=15380&oldid=prev 2013-12-28T22:57:46Z

<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |name=pax |formattype=electronic |subcat=Archiving |extensions={{ext|pax}} }} <a href="/wiki/Pax" title="Pax">pax</a> (Portable aRchive eXchange) is an uncompressed archive file format, and a mu...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |name=pax<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Archiving<br /> |extensions={{ext|pax}}<br /> }}<br /> [[pax]] (Portable aRchive eXchange) is an uncompressed archive file format, and a multi-format archiving utility. The file format is rare, and some versions of the pax utility do not support it.<br /> <br /> == Specifications ==<br /> * [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man4/pax.4.asp Format of pax archives]<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> * [[Wikipedia:pax (Unix)|Wikipedia article]] (mostly about the pax utility)<br /> * [http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/man/pax.1.html pax man page], from a version of pax that supports pax format</div>

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