Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:36:58 -0400 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEW TAR Message-ID: <20040717183658.GS1626@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <40F963D8.6010201@freebsd.org> References: <40F963D8.6010201@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 10:37:28AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote: > By default, /usr/bin/tar is now a symlink pointing > to /usr/bin/bsdtar. > > How will this affect you? > > Most people should not notice the change. bsdtar > accepts the most popular gtar command-line options, reads > gtar files, and generally does what most people > expect from a modern tar implementation. > > However, bsdtar is not a clone of gtar. If you rely > on specific gtar features, then you should be using gtar. > > What are the differences? > * Don't forget to mention it can be faster than GNU tar, too :) Great job! -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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