Re: [WinMac] Film Bureau and Platforms

Leonard Rosenthol(leonardr[at]lazerware.com)
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:27:09 -0400

At 10:05 AM +0000 9/21/99, John Droggitis wrote:
>"Daniel L. Schwartz" wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't bother with the unix variants because of the
>lack of decent
> > backup software - "tar" doesn't bother to store file hierarchy, i.e. all
> > files are stored flat.
>
>What you said about tar is not true.

        What Dan said is 100% technically accurate, though not
practically accurate - let me clarify.

        Tar, like ZIP, stores all files in a flat file structure. It
relies on the fact that it stores (relative) PATHNAMES to maintain
any true hierarchy that existed on the source device. Because of
this limitation, it doesn't provide for archiving of directory
attribute information (permissions, etc.) as a TRUE hierarchical
archiver/backup program (StuffIt, Retrospect, etc.) does.

>Tar is a very flexible and powerful command

        Tar is an outdated archiving format. It doesn't address many
of the issues/features of modern OS's including such things as
directory attributes, non-ASCII files names, platform-centric
information, etc.

Leonard

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