[TUHS] Anyone have a copy of POSIX.1 (IEEE 1003.1-1988) draft 6?
Skip Tavakkolian via TUHS
tuhs at tuhs.org
Sat Oct 25 04:58:26 AEST 2025
I've put photos of Section 10 here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jU4Ug1i4eMaEwQuz6
On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM David Anderson via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:
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> A friend is digging into the history of the tar format and its variations. The GNU tar format originates from a non-compliant variation of POSIX ustar, which appears to have been inherited from John Gilmore's pdtar. And according to pdtar's source code, draft 6 of POSIX.1-1988 was the reference used to implement ustar. Thus, it would be interesting to peruse draft 6, and see if the variations stem from later changes to ustar, or ambiguities in the draft's wording, or what.
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> Anyone happen to have an old printout or digital copy of that draft lying around? Allegedly the draft would have been in circulation circa 1985-1986.
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> Cheers,
> - Dave
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