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Re: support for translators in tar
From: |
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo |
Subject: |
Re: support for translators in tar |
Date: |
13 Sep 2001 11:24:04 +0300 |
Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <address@hidden> writes:
> > Now, where does the first translator save the second passive
> > translator so that it will survive reboots? It doesn't fit in
> > the metadata of the underlying node.
>
> Why should tar worry about that? It seems both unnecessary and contrary
> to the way tar generally works.
Aagh -- I was trying to explain why it shouldn't! But now that I
reread my message, I see I focused too much on how tar eventually
saves stacked passive translators and didn't emphasize that it's
the user's responsibility to tell tar which files to back up.