Pax
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| − | [[pax]] (Portable aRchive eXchange) is an uncompressed archive file format, and a multi-format archiving utility. The file format is | + | [[pax]] (Portable aRchive eXchange) is an uncompressed archive file format, and a multi-format archiving utility. |
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| + | The file format is an extension of [[Tape Archive|tar]] format. It is rarely used, and some versions of the pax utility do not support it. | ||
== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
* [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man4/pax.4.asp Format of pax archives] | * [http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man4/pax.4.asp Format of pax archives] | ||
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| + | == Software == | ||
| + | * [http://www.libarchive.org/ libarchive] | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:pax (Unix)|Wikipedia article]] (mostly about the pax utility) | * [[Wikipedia:pax (Unix)|Wikipedia article]] (mostly about the pax utility) | ||
* [http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/man/pax.1.html pax man page], from a version of pax that supports pax format | * [http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/man/pax.1.html pax man page], from a version of pax that supports pax format | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 4 January 2014
pax (Portable aRchive eXchange) is an uncompressed archive file format, and a multi-format archiving utility.The file format is an extension of tar format. It is rarely used, and some versions of the pax utility do not support it.
Specifications
Software
Links
- Wikipedia article (mostly about the pax utility)
- pax man page, from a version of pax that supports pax format
