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1 Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
2
3 * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
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5 * Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution,
6 if the file system supports this.
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8 * Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for
9 OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions.
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11 * --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
12
13 * Add support for GNU private keywords in POSIX 1003.1-2001 headers,
14 so that the GNU extensions (--incremental, --label and
15 --multi-volume) may be used with POSIX archives.
16
17 * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
18 This would unify paxutils with tar.
19
20 * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
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22 * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
23
24 From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
25 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
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27 It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
28 to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
29
30 * Add tests for the new functonality.
31
32 * Consider this:
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34 From: Dennis Pund
35 Subject: TAR suggestion...
36 Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 18:26:36 -0500 (EST)
37
38 What I would like to do is:
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40 foo my.tar.gz | tar -xzOf - | tar -cMf - -L 650000 - | bar
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42 where 'foo' is a program that retrieves the archive and streams it
43 to stdout and bar is a program that streams the stdin to CDR.
44
45 (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
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47 \f
48 * Copyright notice
49
50 Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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52 This file is part of GNU tar.
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54 GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
55 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
56 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
57 any later version.
58
59 GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
60 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
61 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
62 GNU General Public License for more details.
63
64 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
65 along with tar; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
66 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
67 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
68
69 \f
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