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From: eesrajm@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew J Michael)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Tar memory leak
Summary: GNU tar rules ...
Keywords: tar
Message-ID: <2064@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Apr 91 16:24:17 GMT
References: <3910@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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In article <3910@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>, cechew@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Earl Chew) writes:
> 
> Here is a patch to tar to cure a memory leak.

(Patch deleted)

> I wonder how many people have given up on tar and are using gnu-tar or pax?
> 
> Earl

Me for one.  I gave up on the MINIX tar once I got GNU tar 1.09 running on
both 68k and 386.  The MINIX tar gave me a lot of trouble backing up large
directories (~ 32Mb) to tape, so I switched to GNU.  Apart from the fact 
that GNU tar works(!), the -d option for checking archives back against the 
original is a great feature.

Andy Michael


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