On Nov 2, 2007, at 12:33, Shawn Walker wrote:

>> err actually ..
>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/samqfs/
>>
>> just follow the star source link, but then again some might also have
>> to admit that samqfs is a valuable filesystem in addition to zfs
>
> star is Schily's Tar Archiver. Sorry, it has nothing to do with that
> project. It is an unfortunate naming conflict brought about by that
> project. Schily's tar has existed for many years before it from what
> I'm told.

right sorry - naming collision .. i knew that :P

SAM-Q made a modified version of John Gilmore's gnu tar in the  
product (since the solaris tar source was unavailable to  LSC at the  
time) affectionately named SAM tar or "star" .. but alas - what's in  
a name? eh? :)

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.je
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