Tom Oehser wrote: > > Well, the tomsrtbt pax == tar == cpio program supports all of the stuff in > standard normal historical Unix tar. The Gnu-Tar has many extensions and > quirks, it is of course popular on Linux, and I guess Amanda requires > gnu-tar and the associated extensions. I think there is a gnu-tar for > libc5 in the tomsrtbt add-ons directory, if you want that. It is easy to > tell from the gnu-tar man page what features are "extra" non-compatible > options. But since it is under Amanda's control, I dunno how well > documented Amanda's use of those features is, since I don't use Amanda. I > would just get gnu-tar. -Tom This looks like it's done it (the jury's still out, but my first tests look good). Note that when I recompiled gnu-tar from the sources at gnu.mit.edu, it did *not* work; the version in the add-ons directory (note for newbies like me: this is at <http://sunsite.utk.edu/ftp/pub/mini-linux/tomsrtbt/add-ons/>; thus far, I have not found an explicit link to this anywhere in the docs) *does* work. Thanks for all the help! John -- John Price *** ** ** *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where there is no solution, there is no problem. -- John G. Price (my father), ca. 1975.
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