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Re:Why not tar? Limitations of the tar file format. by nailer on Monday September 06, 2010 @04:49AM (#1666280)
It's very difficult to talk about 'tar' per se. Do you mean:

* GNU tar?

* BSD tar?

* Solaris tar?

Or even Schilly's 'star' program?

Each of these has different limits, advantages, and disadvantages.

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