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Re: [Duplicity-talk] On replacing tar, why not dar ?
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edgar . soldin |
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Re: [Duplicity-talk] On replacing tar, why not dar ? |
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Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:35:12 +0200 |
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On 31.08.2015 02:50, Meta Schima wrote:
> Hello,
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> In regards to:
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> http://duplicity.nongnu.org/new_format.html
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> Why not use the dar archive ? It was specifically designed to replace
> tar, and adds all the features that you want:
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_%28disk_archiver%29
> http://dar.linux.free.fr/
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> It has also been in development for 10 years so is mature.
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> Just a suggestion.
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tar is available as plain python module. are you aware of a python dar
implementation?
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