GNU tar - Summary
This project is part of the GNU Project.
GNU Tar is an archiver program. It is used to create and manipulate files that are actually collections of many other files; the program provides users with an organized and systematic method of controlling a large amount of data.
Despite its name, that is an acronym of "tape archiver", GNU Tar is able to direct its output to any available devices, files or other programs, it may as well access remote devices or files.
The main areas of usage for GNU Tar are: storage, backup and transportation.
Registration Date: Sun 22 Jun 2003 12:50:46 AM UTC
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
posted by gray, Mon 14 Apr 2008 02:33:01 PM UTC - 0 replies
GNU tar 1.20 is available for download from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar.
New in this version:
- New option --auto-compress (-a)
With --create, selects compression algorithm basing on the suffix of the archive file name.
- New option --lzma ...
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posted by gray, Fri 29 Jun 2007 09:39:40 PM UTC - 0 replies
GNU tar 1.18 was released today as a part of the release of the GNU General Public License version 3. Starting from this release, the package is licensed under the GPLv3.
posted by gray, Fri 08 Jun 2007 10:50:42 AM UTC - 3 replies
GNU tar 1.17 is available from ftp.gnu.org and its mirrors worldwide. New in this release:
- Fix archivation of sparse files in posix mode. Previous versions padded sparse members with spurious zero blocks.
- Fix operation of --verify --listed-incremental. Version 1.16.1 produced a full dump when both options were given. ...
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posted by gray, Sat 09 Dec 2006 02:15:07 PM UTC - 0 replies
GNU tar 1.16.1 is available from ftp.gnu.org and its mirrors worldwide. It is the first maintenance release in the 1.16 series. The list of noteworthy changes follows:
- New option --exclude-tag allows to specify "exclusion tag files", i.e. files whose presence in a directory means that the directory should not be archived. ...
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