X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2fa8f3d122e1ecc916fa0a369253abd8748d7e63;hb=df6161b9febbe3395b300a1feceb6afee8a41fab;hp=5ee115d76691ab1c1d58fec5e20a7f1462a5f227;hpb=cbde0aa660f85b1088493b5c754440e62b4b0416;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/README b/README index 5ee115d..2fa8f3d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -46,6 +46,28 @@ in the environment before configuring (the behavior of `-[0-7]' or `-[0-7]lmh' options in `tar' are then derived automatically). Similarly, `DEFAULT_BLOCKING' can be preset to something else than 20. +** Selecting full pathname of the "rmt" binary. + +Previous versions of tar always looked for "rmt" binary using +hardcoded path "/etc/rmt". However, the "rmt" program included +in the distribution was installed under "$prefix/libexec/rmt". +To fix this discrepancy, tar now looks for "$prefix/libexec/rmt". +If you do not want this behavior, specify full path name of +"rmt" binary using DEFAULT_RMT_COMMAND variable, e.g.: + +./configure DEFAULT_RMT_COMMAND=/etc/rmt + +** Installing backup scripts. + +This version of tar is shipped with the shell scripts for producing +incremental backups (dumps) and restoring filesystems from them. +The name of the backup script is "backup". The name of the +restore script is "restore". They are installed in "$prefix/sbin" +directory. + +Use option --enable-backup-scripts to compile and install these +scripts. + ** `--disable-largefile' omits support for large files, even if the operating system supports large files. Typically, large files are those larger on 2 GB on a 32-bit host. @@ -169,9 +191,10 @@ and new `tar' features. * What's next? -In the future we will try to release tar-1.14 as soon as possible and -start merging with paxutils afterwards. We'll also try to rewrite -some parts of the documentation after paxutils has been merged. +GNU tar will be merged into GNU paxutils: a project containing +several utilities related to creating and handling archives in +various formats. The project will include tar, cpio and pax +utilities. * Bug reporting.