Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : star Version : 1.5.1 Upstream Author : Jörg Schilling <joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de> * URL : http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/star.html * License : GPL, CDDL Programming Lang: C Description : star version of the tar archiving utility
Star saves many files together into a single tape or disk archive, and can restore individual files from the archive. It includes a FIFO for speed, a pattern matcher, multivolume support, the ability to correctly archive sparse files, automatic archive format detection, automatic byte order recognition, automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives and special features that allow star to be used for full backups. it includes a built in find(1) command that allows to execute find(1) expressions. It also includes `rmt', a truly portable version of the remote tape server that supports remote operation between different OS and machine architectures (hides even Linux oddities) and a portable `mt' tape drive control program that is able to use the remote tape interface. It has the advantage over GNU tar, that it supports ACLs/XATTRs. Also, it may be useful to be able to write tar files in the star format. GNU tar can only read them. Cheers, Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120719003048.22442.17174.report...@heisenberg.scientia.net
