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Subject: Re: Overwrite bsd tar
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Lowell Gilbert <Lowell@be-well.ilk.org>wrote:

> If you want gnu tar, which based on the earlier messages in this thread
> I think you do, you should install it.
>
> E.g.:
> cd /usr/ports/archivers/gtar
> (su if necessary)
> make install
>

Being aware of the "XY Problem" and http://www.lemis.com/questions.html is
always something a newbie should understand.

-- 
Adam Vande More