Michael D. Hensley writes:
> POSIX tar & compress
>    Bundled with POSIX on MPE/iX 5.0 and later.
>    Files can be exchanged with MPE, Unix, and PC's (on the PC, I use "Drag N
> Zip" to read/write tar files).
>    Does NOT preserve MPE file attributes.

Does too preserve MPE file attributes!  From my 5.5 system:

:xeq sh.hpbin.sys -L
########################################################################

               MPE/iX Shell and Utilities (A.50.02)
    COPYRIGHT (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 1992, All Rights Reserved.

########################################################################


mbloaner:/BIXBY/PUB$ help tar
tar -- USTAR-compatible tape archiver to copy and back up files
Usage:  tar -c[#s][AbfvwlzUV] [tapefile] [blocksize] [volpat] file ...
        tar -r[#s][bfvwlzUV] [tapefile] [blocksize] [volpat] file ...
        tar -t[#s][AbfvzUV] [tapefile] [blocksize] [volpat] [file ...]
        tar -u[#s][bfvwlzUV] [tapefile] [blocksize] [volpat] file ...
        tar -x[#s][AbfvwpmozUV] [tapefile] [blocksize] [volpat] [file ...]
Key letters (one of):
-A      toggles whether or not the -c, -t, and -x options process MPE attributes

...deletia...

The default behavior is to preserve the MPE attributes.  Note that this option
isn't mentioned on the man page or in the paper manual.
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