On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:03, David A. Bandel wrote: > <snips> > cpio has always had the advantage that it will grab > special files that tar won't. What format is best for cpio, or does it matter? I see the default is 'bin', but that bin is also obsolete. Is ustar better? thanks, -- Ian Stephen <ianstepn at shaw.ca>