From 85efd7f8759590df15b06d680dc2c141a499d7d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joerg
PWB
format
@@ -239,13 +239,12 @@ included with each copy of the file.
Portable
ASCII Format
Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification
-(’’SUSv2’’) standardized an ASCII
-variant that is portable across all platforms. It is
-commonly known as the ’’old
-character’’ format or as the
-’’odc’’ format. It stores the same
-numeric fields as the old binary format, but represents them
-as 6-character or 11-character octal values.
struct
cpio_odc_header {
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ the old binary format above.
magic
The string -’’070701’’.
+“070701”.check
@@ -326,11 +325,11 @@ archive. FormatHP
variants
@@ -355,34 +354,31 @@ XXX
The cpio utility is no longer a part of POSIX or the Single Unix Standard. It last appeared in Version 2 of the Single UNIX Specification -(’’SUSv2’’). It has been supplanted -in subsequent standards by pax(1). The portable ASCII format -is currently part of the specification for the pax(1) -utility.
+(“SUSv2”). It has been supplanted in subsequent +standards by pax(1). The portable ASCII format is currently +part of the specification for the pax(1) utility.HISTORY
The original cpio utility was written by Dick Haight while working in AT&T’s Unix Support Group. It appeared in 1977 as part of PWB/UNIX -1.0, the ’’Programmer’s Work -Bench’’ derived from Version 6 AT&T -UNIX that was used internally at AT&T. Both the old -binary and old character formats were in use by 1980, -according to the System III source released by SCO under -their ’’Ancient Unix’’ license. The -character format was adopted as part of IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 -(’’POSIX.1’’). XXX when did +1.0, the “Programmer’s Work Bench” derived +from Version 6 AT&T UNIX that was used internally +at AT&T. Both the old binary and old character formats +were in use by 1980, according to the System III source +released by SCO under their “Ancient Unix” +license. The character format was adopted as part of IEEE +Std 1003.1-1988 (“POSIX.1”). XXX when did "newc" appear? Who invented it? When did HP come out with their variant? When did Sun introduce ACLs and extended attributes? XXX
BUGS
-The -’’CRC’’ format is mis-named, as it -uses a simple checksum and not a cyclic redundancy -check.
+The “CRC” format is +mis-named, as it uses a simple checksum and not a cyclic +redundancy check.
The old binary format is limited to 16 bits for user id, group id, device, -- cgit v1.2.3