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diff --git a/system/star/README b/system/star/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d1bd1e7087 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/star/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +star - unique standard tape archiver + +star is a very fast tar(1) like tape archiver with improved functionality. +star includes the first free implementation of POSIX.1-2001 extended tar +headers, is built on top of libfind, includes a sophisticated diff command, +and has no limitation on filename length. +star automatically recognizes standard archive formats and non-standard +formats, such as gnu, by their deviations from the standard. Star is able +to archive and restore Access Control Lists for files using POSIX.1-2001 +extended headers. + +It is recommended to build star using smake +(http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/smake.html) + +star installs under /opt/schily/ with other schily applications. Symlinks will +be created for gnutar, suntar, tar, and several others, so those can be used at +the command-line in favour of their GNU counterparts by modifying the order of +of PATH entries. |