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Main advantages over other tar implementations:
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pattern matcher - For a convenient user interface. |
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pattern matcher - For a convenient user interface. |
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sophisticated diff - User tailorable interface for comparing tar |
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sophisticated diff - User tailorable interface for comparing tar |
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archives against file trees. |
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archives against file trees. |
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no namelen limitation - Pathnames up to 1024 Bytes may be archived. |
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no namelen limitation - Pathnames of arbitrary length may be archived. |
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deals with all 3 times - Stores/restores all 3 times of a file. |
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deals with all 3 times - Stores/restores all 3 times of a file. |
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does not clobber files - More recent copies on disk will not be |
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does not clobber files - More recent copies on disk will not be |
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clobbered from tape. |
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clobbered from tape. |
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automatic byte swap - star automatically detects swapped archives. |
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automatic byte swap - star automatically detects swapped archives. |
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automatic format detect - Automatically detects archive formats: |
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automatic format detect - Automatically detects archive formats: |
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old tar, gnu tar, ansi tar, star. |
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old tar, gnu tar, ansi tar, star. |
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support for ACLS and - star supports Access Control Lists as well as |
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file flags extended file flags |
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fully ansi compatible - star is fully ANSI/Posix 1003.1 compatible. |
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fully ansi compatible - star is fully ANSI/Posix 1003.1 compatible. |
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sophisticated error - Allows to tell star which error types should be |
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control ignored for which file name pattern |
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true incremental - star uses the same method as dump(8)/restore(8) |
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dump/restore features but acts OS and FS independent |
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Please mail bugs and suggestions to: |
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Author: Joerg Schilling <js@cs.tu-berlin.de> |
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WWW: https://sourceforge.net/projects/s-tar/ |
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WWW: https://sourceforge.net/projects/s-tar/ |