August 1999
Intermediate to advanced
1000 pages
83h 9m
English
/usr/bin/pax [-cdnv][-f archive][-s replstr]...[pattern...] /usr/bin/pax -r [-cdiknuv][-f archive][-o options]...[-p string]... [-s replstr]... [pattern...] /usr/bin/pax -w [-dituvX][-b blocksize][-a][-f archive][-o options]... [-s replstr]... [-x format][v...] /usr/bin/pax -r -w [-diklntuvX][-p string]...[-s replstr]... [file...] directory
The pax (portable archive exchange) command provides better portability for POSIX-compliant systems than do the tar or cpio commands. Use the pax command to copy files, special files, file systems that require multiple tape volumes, or files that you want to copy to and from POSIX-compliant systems. Disadvantages of the pax command are that it is ...
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