how universal is tar format? SYSV?

[Rick Wessman]

> UNIX System V has a "tar" and a "cpio";
> 4.2BSD just has "tar".  The "tar"s aren't completely
> compatible but for inter-UNIX tape transfer that's
> probably your best bet.

As far using "tar" goes, there should be no problem. We transfer
files all the time between our sys3/sys5 compatible machine and our
4.2 Vax. The incompatibility arises when an option unique to one
version is used.

			Rick