Differences between System V 'tar' and BSD 'tar' facilities?

[Dan Strahs]

	Are there differences between the 'tar' facilities supported
	by AT&T System V Unix and BSD Unix?

	Here at the AECOM Dept. of Biochemistry, we just acquired a
	Silicon Graphics 80 which runs System V Unix.  However, the
	man pages for 'tar' indicate that the version used on the
	Silicon Graphics machine is from Berkeley.

	We are attempting to 'port over some source code (yes, it's licensed)
	from a VAX 780 also running System V.  However, every time we
	unpack a tar archive prepared on the VAX 780 with the SG 80,
	it unpacks correctly.  Files get truncated, checksum errors appear,
	multiple files in one archive aren't recognized, etc.

	Any help is greatly appreciated...

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