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Current Version: 1.11.2
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GNU tar NEWS - User visible changes.
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Copyright <20> 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Version 1.12 - Fran<61>ois Pinard, 1997-04.
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User-visible changes since 1.11.1:
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Sensitive matters
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* Use shell globbing patterns for --label, instead of regular expressions.
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* Do not quote anymore internally over the quoting done by the shell.
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o Changes in backup scripts
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- cleaned up considerably; notices error conditions better over rsh
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- DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT is now an option in backup-specs
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- new file dump-remind is an example of a DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT
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o Superfluous "Reading dirname" was a bug; fixed.
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o Incompatibility problems with a bug on Solaris are fixed.
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o New option --gzip (aliases are --ungzip and -z); calls gzip instead
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of compress. Also, --use-compress-program lets you specify any
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compress program. --compress-block is renamed --block-compress and
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now requires one of the three compression options to be specified.
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o Several error messages are cleaned up.
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o Directory owners are now set properly when running as root.
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o Provide DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT in backup-specs as a possible option
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for --info-script.
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o Behave better with broken rmt servers.
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o Dump scripts no longer use --atime-preserve; this causes a nasty probem.
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o Several Makefile cleanups.
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Output for humans
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* Offer internationalisation capabilities of most recent GNU gettext.
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* Messages available in many more languages, thanks to all translators!
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* Usage of ISO 8601 dates in listings, instead of local American dates.
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* More normalisation and cleanup in error messages.
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Creation
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* For helping using tar with find, offer a --no-recursion option.
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* Implement --numeric-owner for ignoring symbolic names at create time.
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* New --owner, --group --mode options, still preliminary.
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* Recognise creating an archive on /dev/null, so Amanda works faster.
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* Object to the creation of an empty archive (like in `tar cf FILE').
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* Barely start implementing --posix and POSIXLY_CORRECT.
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Extraction
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* Make a better job at restoring file and directory attributes.
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* Automatically attempt deleting existing files when in the way.
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* Option --unlink-first (-U) removes most files prior to extraction.
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* Option --recursive-unlink removes non-empty directories when in the way.
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* Option --numeric-owner ignores owner/group names, it uses UID/GID instead.
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* Use global umask when creating missing intermediate directories.
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* When symlinks are not available, extract symbolic links as hard links.
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* Diagnose extraction of contiguous files as regular files.
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* New --backup, --suffix and --version-control options.
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Various changes
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* Better support of huge archives with --tape-length and --totals.
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* Rename option --read-full-blocks (-B) to --read-full-records (-B).
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* Rename option --block-size (-b) to --blocking-factor (-b).
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* Rename option --record-number (-R) to --block-number (-R).
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* With --block-number (-R), report null blocks and end of file.
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* Implement --record-size for introducing a size in bytes.
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* Delete --block-compress option and rather decide it automatically.
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* Rename option --modification-time to --touch.
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Many bugs are squashed, while others still run free.
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==============
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Version 1.11.1
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User-visible changes since 1.11:
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Version 1.11.8 - Fran<61>ois Pinard, 1995-06.
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o Many bug fixes
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* Messages available in French, German, Portuguese and Swedish.
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* The distribution provides a rudimentary Texinfo manual.
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* The device defaults to stdin/stdout, unless overridden by the installer.
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* Option --sparse (-S) should work on more systems.
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* Option --rsh-command may select an alternative remote shell program.
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Most changes are internal, and should yield better portability.
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============
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Version 1.11
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User-visible changes since 1.10:
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Version 1.11.2 - Michael Bushnell, 1993-03.
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o Many bug fixes
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* Changes in backup scripts: cleaned up considerably; notices error
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conditions better over rsh; DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT is now an option in
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backup-specs; new file dump-remind is an example of a
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DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT.
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o Now uses GNU standard configure, generated by Autoconf.
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* Superfluous "Reading dirname" was a bug; fixed.
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o Long options now use `--'; use of `+' is deprecated and support for it
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will eventually be removed.
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* Incompatibility problems with a bug on Solaris are fixed.
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o New option --null causes filenames read by -T to be null-terminated,
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and causes -C to be ignored.
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* New option --gzip (aliases are --ungzip and -z); calls gzip instead
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of compress. Also, --use-compress-program lets you specify any
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compress program. --compress-block is renamed --block-compress and
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now requires one of the three compression options to be specified.
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o New option --remove-files deletes files (but not directories) after
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they are added to the archive.
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* Several error messages are cleaned up.
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o New option --ignore-failed-read prevents read-errors from affecting
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the exit status.
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* Directory owners are now set properly when running as root.
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o New option --checkpoint prints occasional messages as the tape is
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being read or written.
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* Provide DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT in backup-specs as a possible option
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for --info-script.
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o New option --show-omitted-dirs prints the names of directories
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omitted from the archive.
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* Behave better with broken rmt servers.
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o Some tape drives which use a non-standard method of indicating
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end-of-tape now work correctly with multi-tape archives.
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o --volno-file: Read the volume number used in prompting the user (but
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not in recording volume ID's on the archive) from a file.
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o When using --multi-volume, you can now give multiple -f arguments;
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the various tape drives will get used in sequence and then wrap
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around to the beginning.
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o Remote archive names no longer have to be in /dev: any file with a
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`:' is interpreted as remote. If new option --force-local is given,
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then even archive files with a `:' are considered local.
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o New option --atime-preserve restores (if possible) atimes to their
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original values after dumping the file.
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o No longer does tar confusingly dump "." when you don't tell it what
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to dump.
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o When extracting directories, tar now correctly restores their
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modification and access times.
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o Longnames support is redone differently--long name info directly
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precedes the long-named file or link in the archive, so you no
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longer have to wait for the extract to hit the end of the tape for
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long names to work.
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* Dump scripts no longer use --atime-preserve; this causes a nasty probem.
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* Several Makefile cleanups.
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=============
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Version 1.10:
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User-visible changes since 1.09:
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Version 1.11.1 - Michael Bushnell, 1992-09.
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Filename to -G is optional. -C works right.
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Names +newer and +newer-mtime work right.
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* Many bug fixes.
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Version 1.11 - Michael Bushnell, 1992-09.
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Version 1.10.16 - 1992-07.
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Version 1.10.15 - 1992-06.
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Version 1.10.14 - 1992-05.
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Version 1.10.13 - 1992-01.
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-g is now +incremental
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-G is now +listed-incremental
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* Many bug fixes.
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Sparse files now work correctly.
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* Now uses GNU standard configure, generated by Autoconf.
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+volume is now called +label.
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* Long options now use `--'; use of `+' is deprecated and support
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for it will eventually be removed.
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+exclude now takes a filename argument, and +exclude-from does what
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+exclude used to do.
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* New option --null causes filenames read by -T to be
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null-terminated, and causes -C to be ignored.
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Exit status is now correct.
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* New option --remove-files deletes files (but not directories)
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after they are added to the archive.
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+totals keeps track of total I/O and prints it when tar exits.
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* New option --ignore-failed-read prevents read-errors from affecting
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the exit status.
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When using +label with +extract, the label is now a regexp.
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* New option --checkpoint prints occasional messages as the tape
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is being read or written.
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New option +tape-length (-L) does multi-volume handling like BSD dump:
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you tell tar how big the tape is and it will prompt at that point
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instead of waiting for a write error.
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* New option --show-omitted-dirs prints the names of directories
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omitted from the archive.
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New backup scripts level-0 and level-1 which might be useful to
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people. They use a file "backup-specs" for information, and shouldn't
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need local modification. These are what we use to do all our backups
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at the FSF.
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* Some tape drives which use a non-standard method of indicating
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end-of-tape now work correctly with multi-tape archives.
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* --volno-file: Read the volume number used in prompting the user
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(but not in recording volume ID's on the archive) from a file.
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* When using --multi-volume, you can now give multiple -f arguments;
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the various tape drives will get used in sequence and then wrap
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around to the beginning.
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* Remote archive names no longer have to be in /dev: any file with a
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`:' is interpreted as remote. If new option --force-local is given,
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then even archive files with a `:' are considered local.
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* New option --atime-preserve restores (if possible) atimes to
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their original values after dumping the file.
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* No longer does tar confusingly dump "." when you don't tell it
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what to dump.
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* When extracting directories, tar now correctly restores their
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modification and access times.
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* Longnames support is redone differently--long name info directly
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precedes the long-named file or link in the archive, so you no
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longer have to wait for the extract to hit the end of the tape for
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long names to work.
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Version 1.10 - Michael Bushnell, 1991-07.
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* Filename to -G is optional. -C works right. Names +newer and
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+newer-mtime work right.
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* -g is now +incremental, -G is now +listed-incremental.
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* Sparse files now work correctly.
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* +volume is now called +label.
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* +exclude now takes a filename argument, and +exclude-from does
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what +exclude used to do.
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* Exit status is now correct.
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* +totals keeps track of total I/O and prints it when tar exits.
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* When using +label with +extract, the label is now a regexp.
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* New option +tape-length (-L) does multi-volume handling like BSD
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dump: you tell tar how big the tape is and it will prompt at that
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point instead of waiting for a write error.
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* New backup scripts level-0 and level-1 which might be useful
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to people. They use a file "backup-specs" for information, and
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shouldn't need local modification. These are what we use to do
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all our backups at the FSF.
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Version 1.09 - Jay Fenlason, 1990-10.
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Version 1.08 - Jay Fenlason, 1990-01.
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Versions 1.07 back to 1.00 by Jay Fenlason.
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* See ChangeLog for more details.
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