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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



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