Re: what is a .pax file ?

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 14:59:50 +0200 (CEST)

On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Herve REY wrote:
> i download the sources of linux kernel 2.0.32 for powerpc and this file is :
> linux-2.0.32.pax.gz , size is about : 9 meg
>
> what is the meaning of .pax ?

It's a gzipped tar archive, IIRC. I.e. equivalent to .tar.gz.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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