NEW TAR

[Andrey Chernov]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 09:29:54PM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> Andrey Chernov wrote:
> >On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 10:37:28AM -0700, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> >
> >>* File format: bsdtar can read gtar files, including
> >>  long file names, long link names, and sparse files.
> >>  bsdtar can also read many other formats that gtar
> >>  does not support.
> >
> >Addition:
> >bsdtar can't write sparse archives (Yet?).
> 
> gtar has to be better at something!  ;-)
> 
> I have some ideas about sparse file handling,
> but they're not gtar-compatible.  (The gtar

I think that goals are not in conflict. You can implement creating 
gtar-compatible sparse archives on -S --sparse option and your own 
effective solution on another unique option.

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