On Wed August 29 2007 12:16:20 pm John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:05:05AM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > >>> I don't think so. Hasn't tar defaulted to something approximately > > >>> /dev/rmt0 for *YEARS*, not just on Linux but on just about every > > >>> platform, if -f is not given? > > >> > > >> No. > > > > > > tar != gtar. I think you will find that answer to be yes. > > > > Is there a non-GNU tar in any significant use on Linux? > > Not that I am aware of. star may get some use, as might pax. While we
Certainly gnu tar is the most popular tar on Linux, but even it used to default to /dev/rmt0 and still may, depending on compile-time options. bsdtar is in etch and seems to have a following as well, owing to: it is implemented as only a thin wrapper over libarchive; it supports cpio, zip, jar, ar, ISO, pax, ar, and shar, in addition to various flavors of tar; and is faster than GNU tar in some circumstances. I do tend to use GNU tar most of the time myself, despite maintaining bsdtar, but that is more out of habit than anything else. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
