Dogcows Code - chaz/tar/blob - TODO

   1 Suggestions for improving GNU tar.
   2
   3 * <45BEC0DB.8040903@unix-beratung.de>
   4
   5 * Incorporate fixes from major distributions, e.g., Debian GNU/Linux.
   6
   7 * Add support for restoring file time stamps to sub-second resolution,
   8   if the file system supports this.
   9
  10 * Add support for restoring the attributes of symbolic links, for
  11   OSes like FreeBSD that have the lutimes and lchmod functions.
  12
  13 * --append should bail out if the two archives are of different types.
  14
  15 * Add support for a 'pax' command that conforms to POSIX 1003.1-2001.
  16   This would unify paxutils with tar.
  17
  18 * Interoperate better with Joerg Schilling's star implementation.
  19
  20 * Add an option to remove files that compare successfully.
  21
  22   From: Roesinger Eric <ROESINGE@tce.com>
  23   Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:43:43 -0500
  24
  25   It would be useful to be able to use '--remove-files' with '--diff',
  26   to remove all files that compare successfully, when verifying a backup.
  27
  28 * Add tests for the new functonality.
  29
  30 * Consider this:
  31
  32   From: Dennis Pund
  33   Subject: TAR suggestion...
  34   Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 18:26:36 -0500 (EST)
  35
  36   What I would like to do is:
  37
  38   foo my.tar.gz | tar -xzOf - | tar -cMf - -L 650000 - | bar
  39
  40   where 'foo' is a program that retrieves the archive and streams it
  41   to stdout and bar is a program that streams the stdin to CDR.
  42
  43   (http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2002-05/msg00022.html)
  44
  45 \f
  46 * Copyright notice
  47
  48   Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  49
  50   This file is part of GNU tar.
  51
  52   GNU tar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  53   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  54   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
  55   any later version.
  56
  57   GNU tar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  58   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  59   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  60   GNU General Public License for more details.
  61
  62   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  63   along with tar; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
  64   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  65   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  66
  67 \f
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