PAX typeFlag 'x' about php-archive HOT 6 OPEN

Interesting. Would be good to have some pointer to the documentation on what the difference between L and x is. There might be additional stuff that needs to be done for x types.

Please open a pull request and include a test case.

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The PAX header is defined here https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Standard.html XHDTYPE

I did find a Python implementation for the tar utility here https://svn.python.org/projects/python/tags/r31/Lib/tarfile.py , check the

def create_pax_header(self, info):

method, basically it checks if the filename contains non-ASCII characters and if it does, it will create a PAX header with. I will look more into it as well

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Pull request is here #19

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I did find some more details here explaining the pax extended headers https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_1.13.0/com.ibm.zos.r13.bpxa500/pxarchfm.htm#paxex

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If I may add 2 cents to this discussion: It seems that there may be also g blocks that contain globally applicable pax data... 😬
The posted IBM link is dead, besides, here is a working one: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.bpxa500/paxhead.htm#paxhead

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We would have a real-world need for pax support, besides:
dennis-eisen/CT_AutoUpdater#8
However, I totally understand how limited resources are in FOSS projects like this one here, and I don't have the time resources to do it myself, unfortunately. :(

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