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-<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.67 1997-10-03 15:40:03 obrien Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.68 1997-10-03 15:46:25 obrien Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <!--
@@ -1189,6 +1189,18 @@ the directory tree and a list of files must be provided thru <tt>STDIN</tt>.
 network.  You can use a pipeline and <tt>rsh(1)</tt> to send the
 data to a remote tape drive. (XXX add an example command)
 
+     <sect3><heading> Pax</heading>
+<!--gen-->
+
+	<p><tt>pax(1)</tt> is IEEE/POSIX's answer to <tt>tar</tt> and
+	<tt>cpio</tt>.  Over the years the various versions of <tt>tar</tt> and
+	<tt>cpio</tt> have gotten slightly incompatable.  So rather than fight it
+	out to fully standardize them, POSIX created a new archive utilility.
+	<tt>pax</tt> attempts to read and write many of the various cpio and tar
+	formats, plus new formats of its own.  Its command set more resembles
+	<tt>cpio</tt> than <tt>tar</tt>.
+
+
      <sect3><heading><label id="hw:storage:amanda"><htmlurl
 url="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/misc.html#amanda-2.2.6.5"
 name="Amanda"></heading>