> If users really do need the ability to store files which cannot
> currently be portably represented in strict IEEE Std 1003.1-1990
> compliant archives then the way to help them is to implement the new
> POSIX 1003.2b (-2001?) extensions.

Whee!  Excellent.  Thank you.  I've been looking for *ages* for
something, anything, more than historical practice as to what
constituted a valid tar archive.

Now all I have to do is find copies of those specs. :-/

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