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Date:      Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:07:30 +0400
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Tim Kientzle <kientzle@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NEW TAR
Message-ID:  <20040719060730.GA87697@nagual.pp.ru>
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:

>  * File format: bsdtar can read gtar files, including
>    long file names, long link names, and sparse files.
>    bsdtar can also read many other formats that gtar
>    does not support.

Addition:
bsdtar can't write sparse archives (Yet?).

-- 
Andrey Chernov | http://ache.pp.ru/



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