[Bug-tar] Re: VMS file attribute issue with gnutar / file utilities.

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

[Cc-ing to bug-tar].

> VMS has files that the information on how to interpret the structure
> is stored in the file header, not the file it self.
> 
> Currently gnu tar is not recording this information, and I am trying
> to determine a portable way to record it.
> 
> The best hack that I can come up with is to mangle the name of the
> file to contain that information, and demangle it on the unpack.

I would suggest using PAX headers for that.

Regards,
Sergey