Pax
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* [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] | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 28 December 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
- Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 / IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition: pax command & interchange format
- Format of pax archives
Software
Links
- Wikipedia article (mostly about the pax utility)
- pax man page, from a version of pax that supports pax format
