On 5/4/11, Modulok <modulok at gmail.com> wrote: > > As for pax, I thought tar could create pax archives too, via the --format > pax > option? Yes, although I haven't tested it thoroughly. pax(1) should also be able to create a number of different archive formats via the -x flag. I prefer tar(1) (bsdtar/libarchive), because it has more features. b.