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1 Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
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3 * <45BEC0DB.8040903@unix-beratung.de>
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5 * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
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7 * Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution,
8 if the file system supports this.
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10 * Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for
11 OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions.
12
13 * --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
14
15 * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
16 This would unify paxutils with tar.
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18 * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
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20 * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
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22 From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
23 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
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25 It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
26 to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
27
28 * Add tests for the new functonality.
29
30 * Consider this:
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32 From: Dennis Pund
33 Subject: TAR suggestion...
34 Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 18:26:36 -0500 (EST)
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36 What I would like to do is:
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38 foo my.tar.gz | tar -xzOf - | tar -cMf - -L 650000 - | bar
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40 where 'foo' is a program that retrieves the archive and streams it
41 to stdout and bar is a program that streams the stdin to CDR.
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43 (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
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46 * Copyright notice
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48 Copyright 2003, 2004, 2007, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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50 This file is part of GNU tar.
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52 GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
53 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
54 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
55 (at your option) any later version.
56
57 GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
58 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
59 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
60 GNU General Public License for more details.
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62 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
63 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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