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_at_FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\Received on Sat Jul 17 2004 - 16:37:00 UTC
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