On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 02:36:58PM -0400, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > 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 :) And certified GPLfree ;-) -- Wilko Bulte wilko_at_FreeBSD.orgReceived on Sat Jul 17 2004 - 16:48:29 UTC
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