Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 21:40:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Tod McQuillin <devin@spamcop.net> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> Cc: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>, Lou Katz <lou@metron.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Tar broken for large files? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205162135280.9977-100000@sysadmin> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020516213032.02efa810@mail.sage-one.net>
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On Thu, 16 May 2002, Jack L. Stone wrote: > >Install gtar from ports. > > I've incurred aborted backups with tar (+ gzip) lately too. What is > superior about gtar...??? As it turns out, FreeBSD's tar is in fact GNU tar, albeit an older version. % tar --version GNU tar version 1.11.2 If you want to see all the changes in gtar from ports, then: # cd /usr/ports/archivers/gtar # make extract # less work/tar-1.13.25/NEWS # less work/tar-1.13.25/Changelog -- Tod McQuillin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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