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From: Paul Borman prb@bsd...
Subject: ext2srv (was Re: porting linux...)
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:19:36 -0500 (CDT)

> I'm using BSDI, SunOS, Solaris, OS-9000, OS-9/68K and Plan 9,
> all of which do DROSS, so I guess it won't really help.

Good choice of Un*x like software on that intel box :-)

> NFS helps for separate machines, but the real problem is a PC
> used for Plan9, OS-9000 and BSDI. A DROSS partition is currently
> the only way of moving files between them, but the brain dead
> limits on file names and attibutes makes it tedious...

What I typically do is:

	pax -w file-list ... > /c/shortnam.tar

This allows you to preserve all your file modes and ownerships as well
as the long names.

				-Paul