Re: GNU tar -- decipherment of code

[Gary Wong]

address@hidden (Neal Weissman) writes:
> i recently posted this to several gnu ng's. the answers were: examine the
> tar source code; and that the format is explainmed in some header file.
> 
> i doubt that i will be able to read the source code, and i'm not sure
> where i'll find this header file

If you want a gentler introducion to the tar archive format, try
reading the manual, which comes with the distribution and is also
available online at:

    http://www.gnu.org/manual/tar-1.12/html_node/tar_123.html

It happens to include a copy of the header file in question.

Cheers,
Gary.
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   Gary Wong           address@hidden           http://www.cs.arizona.edu/~gary/