Re: Replace /rescue/vi with mined(1) from DragonFlyBSD

On Sat, 2005-Jun-18 20:39:04 -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
>On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 04:16:04PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
>> If you're looking for ways to save space in /rescue, there are other
>> low-hanging fruit before you start moving to yet another editor:
>..
>> - pax (when the new libarchive tar is available)
>
>Pax does more than just tar archives.  Can libarchive'ed tar handle cpio
>archives?

According to tar(1) and libarchive-formats(3), yes it read anything that
pax can.  (It can't write cpio but I don't see that as a requirement in
/rescue).

-- 
Peter Jeremy