X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=bf65e82ad7ce0180810701d326928e385013fea2;hb=79138eaef1094eae50d4dfc84bb5007de06d6376;hp=0f1ad25567488028fd7f28e7615c8c7fb6fe8312;hpb=86e91a5bfcb4e12e50f607d39a242d2b11c52a3a;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index 0f1ad25..bf65e82 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -180,19 +180,19 @@ the `lchown' call will be used if available, but that's all. GNU `tar' is able to create archive in the following formats: *** The format of UNIX version 7 - *** POSIX.1-1988 format, also known as "ustar format" + *** POSIX.1-1988 format, also known as "ustar format" *** POSIX.1-2001 format, also known as "pax format" *** Old GNU format (described below) In addition to those, GNU `tar' is also able to read archives -produced by `star' archiver. +produced by `star' archiver. A so called `Old GNU' format is based on an early draft of the POSIX 1003.1 `ustar' standard which is different from the final standard. It defines its extensions (such as incremental backups and handling of the long file names) in a way incompatible with any existing tar archive format, therefore the use of old GNU -format is strongly discouraged. +format is strongly discouraged. Please read the file NEWS for more information about POSIX compliance and new `tar' features. @@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ and share your findings by writing to . * Copying Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, - 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU tar. GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version. GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, @@ -248,4 +248,3 @@ mode: outline paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" version-control: never End: -