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Pax (command)

pax is an archiving utility available for various operating systems and defined since 1995. Rather than sort out the incompatible options that have crept up between tar and cpio, along with their implementations across various versions of Unix, the IEEE designed a new archive utility, pax, that could support various archive formats with useful options…

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Linux Standard BaseLinux distributions3.1Microsoft POSIX subsystemInterix
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HP-UXIRIXSCO UNIX4.4BSDX/Open
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Shell globsGzipBzip2XzTar
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Archiving utilityOperating systemsTarCpioUnix
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Developers
Various open-source and commercial developers
License
Colburn pax: Prior BSD License Muller pax: BSD-4-Clause Heirloom Project pax: zlib Windows: Proprietary software
Operating system
Unix, Unix-like, IBM i, Windows
Original author
Mark H. Colburn (sponsored by The USENIX Association)
Platform
Cross-platform
Release
1989; 37 years ago (1989)

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Pax (command)

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples8
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Pax (command)

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Developers · 1
Pax (command) → Various open-source and commercial developers
License · 1
Pax (command) → Colburn pax: Prior BSD License Muller pax: BSD-4-Clause Heirloom Project pax: zlib Windows: Proprietary software
Operating system · 1
Pax (command) → Unix, Unix-like, IBM i, Windows
Original author · 1
Pax (command) → Mark H. Colburn (sponsored by The USENIX Association)
Platform · 1
Pax (command) → Cross-platform
Release · 1
Pax (command) → 1989; 37 years ago (1989)
Type · 1
Pax (command) → Command
Written in · 1
Pax (command) → Colburn pax, Muller pax, Heirloom Project pax: C

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pax command cpio format archive posix tar unix ieee file formats supported also version windows ustar freebsd standard archiving commands

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pax (command)DevelopersVarious open-source and commercial developers1.00infobox
Pax (command)LicenseColburn pax: Prior BSD License Muller pax: BSD-4-Clause Heirloom Project pax: zlib Windows: Proprietary software1.00infobox
Pax (command)Operating systemUnix, Unix-like, IBM i, Windows1.00infobox
Pax (command)Original authorMark H. Colburn (sponsored by The USENIX Association)1.00infobox
Pax (command)PlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
Pax (command)Release1989; 37 years ago (1989)1.00infobox
Pax (command)TypeCommand1.00infobox
Pax (command)Written inColburn pax, Muller pax, Heirloom Project pax: C1.00infobox

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