localhost="`hostname | sed -e 's/\..*//'`"
-TAR_PART1="/usr/local/bin/tar -c --multi-volume --one-file-system --block=${BLOCKING} --sparse --volno-file=${VOLNO_FILE}"
+TAR_PART1="${TAR} -c --multi-volume --one-file-system --block-size=${BLOCKING} --sparse --volno-file=${VOLNO_FILE}"
# Only use --info-script if DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT was defined in backup-specs
if [ "x${DUMP_REMIND_SCRIPT}" != "x" ]; then