Package tar: Information
Source package: tar
Version: 1.23-alt5
Build time: Jul 7, 2010, 07:33 AM
Category: Archiving/Backup
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License: GPLv3+
Summary: A GNU file archiving program
Description:
The GNU tar program saves many files together into one archive and can restore individual files (or all of the files) from the archive. tar can also be used to add supplemental files to an archive and to update or list files in the archive. tar includes multivolume support, automatic archive compression/decompression, the ability to perform remote archives and the ability to perform incremental and full backups.
Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin
Last changed
July 6, 2010 Dmitry V. Levin 1.23-alt5
- Updated to git://git.sv.gnu.org/tar release_1_23-18-g9c194c9. - Backported workaround for ovz kernel bug #970 from coreutils.
March 21, 2010 Dmitry V. Levin 1.23-alt4
- Synced with 1.23-owl3: updated the documentation on --rsh-command.
March 20, 2010 Dmitry V. Levin 1.23-alt3
- Updated to release_1_23-7-g340dbf5 (closes: #23187). - Changed --rsh-command to have no default.