Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 27, 2006 11:53 AM
Solaris is the same, and it catches me out every time. I much prefer the GNU tar which fits more neatly into the behaviour of the other GNUNIX tools, and doesn't by default attempt to (for example) write to the production machine's DLT drive (oops, sorry).
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Re:tar portability
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 27, 2006 11:53 AM#